9-letter words containing h, i, r, p
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- logogriph — an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- microchip — chip1 (def 5).
- minorship — the state of being a minor
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- morphemic — 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).
- morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
- morphisms — Plural form of morphism.
- morphosis — the sequence or manner of development or change in an organism or any of its parts.
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
- ophiuroid — any echinoderm of the subclass Ophiuroidea, including brittle stars, basket stars, and others, characterized by elongate arms radiating from the disk.
- orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
- orpharion — (music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- pariahism — an outcast.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parsonish — like a parson
- part with — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- 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.
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perilymph — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.