8-letter words containing ris
- friskets — Plural form of frisket.
- friskful — frolicsome; lively
- friskily — In a frisky manner.
- frisking — Present participle of frisk.
- frissons — Plural form of frisson.
- futurism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style of the fine arts developed originally by a group of Italian artists about 1910 in which forms derived chiefly from cubism were used to represent rapid movement and dynamic motion.
- futurist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- gris-nez — Cape, a cape in N France, near Calais: closest point in France to Great Britain.
- griselda — a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- grisette — a young French workingwoman.
- grislier — Comparative form of grisly.
- grissini — Thin, crisp Italian breadsticks.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- gristing — grain to be ground.
- griswold — Erwin Nathaniel, 1904–1994, U.S. lawyer and educator: dean of Harvard University Law School 1950–67.
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hi-riser — a couch with two mattresses, one below the other on a separate frame, that is convertible into a double bed or two single beds
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- humorism — (medicine, historical) The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.
- humorist — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- iberises — Plural form of iberis.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- iris-out — the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- irishism — a custom, manner, practice, idiom, etc., characteristic of the Irish.
- irishize — to make Irish, as in character or custom; give an Irish character to.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- irrision — (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision.
- irrisory — Expressing irrision; mocking.
- juristic — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- kristina — a female given name, form of Christina.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laborist — A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care.
- lazarist — Vincentian (def 1).
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- low-rise — having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- luxurist — a lover of luxury
- macarise — congratulate
- macarism — Happiness as a result of praise.
- maderise — become reddish
- maitrise — mastery; skill.