9-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- paintress — a female painter
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- paradisal — paradisiacal.
- paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- parasitic — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parataxis — the placing together of sentences, clauses, or phrases without a conjunctive word or words, as Hurry up, it is getting late! I came—I saw—I conquered.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parecious — paroicous.
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition
- pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
- pariahism — an outcast.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- parotitis — inflammation of a parotid.
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parseeism — the religion and customs of the Parsees.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- parsonish — like a parson
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- periapsis — the closest point to a central body reached by a body in orbit
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.