9-letter words containing i, r, h
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prehiring — relating to the period before hiring
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prettyish — quite pretty
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- priorship — the office of a prior
- pritchett — Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- put right — rectify
- pyrethrin — Also called pyrethrin I. a viscous, water-insoluble liquid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 3 , extracted from pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide.
- qadariyah — the group who defended free will against the doctrine of predestination.
- qadiriyah — a Sufi fraternity founded by ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani (1077–1166) in the 12th century.
- quiverish — given to quivering, tremulous
- r horizon — bedrock immediately underlying layers of soil.
- rachidial — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- rachidian — (anatomy, zoology) Of or relating to the rachis; spinal; vertebral.
- rachillae — Plural form of rachilla.
- radicchio — a variety of chicory originating in Italy, having a compact head of reddish, white-streaked leaves: leaves and roots may be cooked or used raw in salads.
- radiothon — an on-the-air radio campaign, often lasting 24 hours or more, designed to raise money for a radio station, charity, the arts, etc., as from listeners phoning in and pledging specific donations, sometimes in exchange for gifts or premiums.
- rain hood — a waterproof hood attached to a coat, that may be raised to cover the head when it is raining
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- rajahship — the office or territory of a rajah
- ram singh — 1816–85, Indian leader of a puritanical Sikh sect, the Kukas, who tried to remove the British from India through a policy of noncooperation
- rancheria — a family household unit or settlement.
- rancherie — an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- ratherish — fairly, moderately
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- razorfish — any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
- re-homing — the act of re-homing an animal
- rebirther — a person who has undergone rebirthing
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- red birch — river birch.
- red china — China, People's Republic of.
- red light — traffic light indicating stop
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- red-light — Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.