8-letter words containing i, p, r
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harpists — Plural form of harpist.
- heirship — the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- heliport — a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.
- hemipter — a hemipterous insect
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- herpetic — of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- herptile — A reptile or amphibian.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hip roof — a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
- hipparch — (in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander
- hippuric — of or relating to hippuric acid
- hipsters — hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers (def 2).
- hornpipe — an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
- horopito — a bushy New Zealand shrub, Pseudowintera colorata, with red aromatic peppery leaves. It possesses antifungal and antibacterial properties
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- i-player — a service provided by the BBC, allowing its recently broadcast television programmes to be viewed over the internet
- ibm pcjr — (computer) (IBM PC Junior) A floppy disk-based home computer with an Intel 8088 CPU and a chiclet keyboard, released in November 1983. The PCjr could be expanded to have two floppy drives and 640 kilobytes of RAM using sidecars. Some even had a mouse and could run drawing programs with popup menus.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- impairer — One who, or that which, impairs.
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impeller — a person or thing that impels.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- imperial — of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
- imperils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperil.
- imperium — command; supreme power.
- impinger — Any of several instruments in which fine particles (dust) in a gas are analysed by blowing them through a jet onto a wetted plate, prior to being counted.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- implorer — One who implores.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- imporous — having no pores, having a compact texture, solid
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- importee — an imported person or thing.
- importer — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- impresst — (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of impress.
- imprimis — in the first place.