9-letter words containing a, i, r, p
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- patriated — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patrician — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pattering — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
- pavarotti — Luciano [loo-chee-ah-noh;; Italian loo-chah-naw] /ˌlu tʃiˈɑ noʊ;; Italian luˈtʃɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1935–2007, Italian operatic tenor.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pearlized — resembling or made to resemble mother-of-pearl; iridescent: pearlized buttons.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- peperomia — any of numerous tropical and subtropical plants belonging to the genus Peperomia, of the pepper family, cultivated as houseplants for their ornamental foliage.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- perennial — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- periander — died 585 b.c, tyrant of Corinth.
- periapsis — the closest point to a central body reached by a body in orbit
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perikarya — parts of nerve cells that contain the nuclei