9-letter words containing a, i, r, p
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hippiater — (rare) A veterinarian specializing in horse care.
- hippiatry — the treatment of disease in horses
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- impairing — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- impartial — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- imparting — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- impleader — a procedural method by which an original party to an action may bring in and make a claim against a third party in connection with the claim made against the original party.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- 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.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.