8-Letter Words Containing RIS

Here's the list of all the 340 8-Letter Words Containing RIS in the English Language.

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surprise
1. the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
2. a sudden unexpected event
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prisoner
1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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asterisk
1. a star-shaped character * used in printing
2. mark with an asterisk
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comprise
1. be composed of
2. include or contain; have as a component
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garrison
1. a fortified military post where troops are stationed
2. the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
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pristine
1. completely free from dirt or contamination
2. immaculately clean and unused
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flourish
1. grow vigorously
2. make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
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uprising
1. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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charisma
1. a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others
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naturist
1. a person who practices nudity for reasons of health or religion
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motorist
1. someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile
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centrist
1. a person who takes a position in the political center
2. supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
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theorist
1. someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
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vigorish
1. an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
2. a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
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futurist
1. of or relating to futurism
2. a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
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reprisal
1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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christen
1. administer baptism to
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feverish
1. of or relating to or characterized by fever
2. marked by intense agitation or emotion
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futurism
1. an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
2. the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
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naturism
1. going without clothes as a social practice
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derision
1. contemptuous laughter
2. the act of deriding or treating with contempt
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pleurisy
1. inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)
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humorist
1. someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way
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imprison
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
2. confine as if in a prison
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memorise
1. commit to memory; learn by heart
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touristy
1. visited by throngs of tourists
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arborist
1. a specialist in treating damaged trees
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meristem
1. undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root
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pharisee
1. a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
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satirist
1. a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
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colorist
1. a painter able to achieve special effects with color
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wristlet
1. a band or bracelet worn around the wrist
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8-Letter Words Containing RIS