9-letter words containing p, r, e, h
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- prettyish — quite pretty
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- pritchett — Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- protheses — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- 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.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- push over — shove to the ground
- pyorrhoea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- 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.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
- rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
- rasophore — a monk authorized to wear the rason.
- repechage — (in cycling and rowing) a last-chance qualifying heat in which the runners-up in earlier heats race each other, with the winner advancing to the finals.
- replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
- republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- resharpen — to sharpen again
- reshipped — to ship again.
- reshipper — a person who reships cargo etc; a forwarding agent
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- romp home — to win a race easily
- rulership — the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled: Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- schippers — Thomas, 1930–77, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- schlepper — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- sea perch — surfperch.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.