9-letter words containing p, e, r, i
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- imperiled — to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- impleader — a procedural method by which an original party to an action may bring in and make a claim against a third party in connection with the claim made against the original party.
- importers — Plural form of importer.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- impressed — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- impresser — to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion: He impressed us as a sincere young man.
- impresses — Plural form of impress.
- imprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of imprint.
- imprinter — a person or thing that imprints.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improvize — Alternative spelling of improvise.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- in person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- in-person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- innkeeper — a person who owns or manages an inn or, sometimes, a hotel.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- inspirers — Plural form of inspirer.
- 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.