9-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- peronista — Peronist.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- perradius — any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phansigar — a person from East India who operates as a thief and a murderer
- pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- pig's ear — ear of a pig
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- pin grass — common storksbill, a weed with fernlike leaves
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- priapitis — inflammation of the penis.
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.