9-letter words containing ris
- cherishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherish.
- chimerism — a medical condition in which a person develops from two distinct embryos that could possess two genetically distinct sets of cells
- chorister — A chorister is a singer in a church choir.
- christens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of christen.
- christian — A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- christina — 1626–89, queen of Sweden (1632–54), daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, noted particularly for her patronage of literature
- christine — a feminine name: dim. Chris, Chrissie, Tina; var. Christina, Christy
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- christoff — Boris. 1919–93, Bulgarian bass-baritone, noted esp for his performance in the title role of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
- cicatrise — (transitive) To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- citharist — a player of the cithara
- cleverish — Somewhat clever.
- cokuloris — a palette with irregular holes, placed between lighting and camera to prevent glare
- colorists — Plural form of colorist.
- colourise — (UK) Alternative form of colorize (to add colour to).
- colourism — discrimination in which people are judged on the basis of their skin colour
- colourist — A colourist is someone such as an artist or a fashion designer who uses colours in an interesting and original way.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprised — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprise.
- copperish — resembling copper
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- culturist — a person engaged in the culture of plants or animals
- currishly — In a currish manner; like a cur or knave.
- daiquiris — Plural form of daiquiri.
- denturism — the practice by denturists of making artificial dentures and fitting them to patients.
- denturist — a person who makes dentures
- deodorise — Alternative spelling of deodorize.
- derisible — subject to or deserving of derision; ridiculous
- diapirism — the existence of diapirs
- diarising — Present participle of diarise.
- diaristic — stylistically like a diary
- dimerises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimerise.
- dioristic — defining
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera
- disprison — to release from prison
- dry riser — a vertical pipe, not containing water, having connections on different floors of a building for a fireman's hose to be attached. A fire tender can be connected at the lowest level to make water rise under pressure within the pipe
- earthrise — the rising of the earth above the horizon of the moon or other celestial body, viewed from that body's surface or from a spacecraft orbiting it.
- ephemeris — A table or data file giving the calculated positions of a celestial object at regular intervals throughout a period.
- epicrisis — a secondary crisis occurring in the course of a disease
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epimerism — optical isomerism in which isomers (epimers) can form about asymmetric atoms within the molecule, esp in carbohydrates
- eristical — Obsolete form of eristic.
- erythrism — A congenital condition of abnormal redness in an animal’s fur, plumage, or skin.
- esoterism — The inward forms of faith and religion; transcendence, mystic experience, and internal realizations of the Divine.
- etherised — Simple past tense and past participle of etherise.