9-letter words containing p, e, r, s
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- base pair — a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double-stranded RNA
- bedspread — A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- bypassers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.
- cap screw — a screwed bolt with a cylindrical head having a hexagonal recess. The bolt is turned using a wrench of hexagonal cross section
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- capsomere — any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carapaces — Plural form of carapace.
- caryopses — Plural form of caryopsis.
- cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- cirripeds — Plural form of cirriped.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- composers — Plural form of composer.
- composter — a bin or other container used to turn garden and kitchen waste into compost
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- comprised — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprise.
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.