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9-letter words containing h, e, r, p, s

  • humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
  • hyperbase — (database)   An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
  • hypernews — A Hypertext system from the Turing Institute Glasgow, based on NeWS.
  • hypernyms — Plural form of hypernym.
  • keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
  • mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
  • mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
  • metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
  • morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
  • morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
  • neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
  • nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
  • nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
  • noosphere — the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
  • oospheres — Plural form of oosphere.
  • oversharp — too sharp
  • ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  • parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
  • parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
  • parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
  • pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
  • penpusher — pencil pusher.
  • pepperish — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
  • perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
  • peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
  • petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
  • pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
  • philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
  • phosphore — the morning star, especially Venus.
  • phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
  • phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
  • phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
  • plansheer — plancer.
  • plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
  • poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
  • pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
  • porthouse — a company that produces port
  • posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
  • praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
  • prechoose — to choose in advance
  • prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
  • prehensor — a part that grasps
  • premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
  • preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
  • presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • preshaped — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
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