9-letter words containing i, p, r
- inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- inspirers — Plural form of inspirer.
- inspiring — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- intercept — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- interlisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- interpled — having instituted interpleader proceedings
- interpone — to interpose
- interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- ionophore — a lipid-soluble substance capable of transporting specific ions through cellular membranes.
- ionotropy — the reversible interconversion of a pair of organic isomers as a result of the migration of an ionic part of the molecule
- ip number — internet address
- iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- irrupting — Present participle of irrupt.
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- irruptive — of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isomorphs — Plural form of isomorph.
- isopropyl — containing the isopropyl group.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
- 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.
- jump wire — jumper1 (def 6).
- 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.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kippering — Present participle of kipper.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- 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.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous