9-letter words containing p, r, i, e, s, t
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
- mistemper — to disorder or disturb
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- newsprint — a low-grade, machine-finished paper made from wood pulp and a small percentage of sulfite pulp, used chiefly for newspapers.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- paintress — a female painter
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- 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
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- peristeri — a city in SE Greece, constituting part of Greater Athens.
- peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- persisted — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- persister — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pertussis — whooping cough.
- pestering — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pinsetter — a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pinstripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- portieres — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.