9-letter words containing a, i, r, p, s
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epimerase — an enzyme that catalyses the interconversion of epimers
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- espaliers — Plural form of espalier.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- exosporia — exospores
- firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
- firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jillstrap — (informal) A pelvic protector, a woman's equivalent of a man's jockstrap.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- marsupium — the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- mispraise — to praise wrongly or mistakenly