9-letter words containing p, r, i, e, t
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
- repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
- rip entry — an entry into the water with little splashing.
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scripters — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septemvir — a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.
- septiform — sevenfold
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- serpentis — genitive of Serpens.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- side trip — a brief excursion off the main route of an itinerary, as to visit a particular person or place.
- silvertip — grizzly bear.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- sparterie — things made from esparto
- spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spinneret — an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
- spiraster — a part of a living sponge
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spitteler — Carl [German kahrl] /German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), ("Felix Tandem") 1845–1924, Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1919.
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splitters — a person or thing that splits.
- springlet — a small spring of water.
- sprintnet — A public packet-switched network using the ITU-T X.25 protocols, that provides dial-up access to services like Delphi, Portal, GEnie and Compuserve.
- st-pierre — town in NW Martinique, West Indies, on the site of a city destroyed (1902) by eruption of Mount Pelée: pop. 5,000
- stairstep — a step in a staircase.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- store pig — a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- superbity — pride
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- superthin — extremely thin
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.