8-letter words containing p, r, i, s
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- incorpse — to incorporate
- insphere — ensphere.
- inspired — aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence: an inspired poet.
- inspirer — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- inspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspire.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- junipers — Plural form of juniper.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- marsupia — Plural form of marsupium.
- misparse — To parse incorrectly.
- misprice — To price incorrectly or unsuitably.
- misprint — a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- misprise — to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
- misprize — to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
- misproud — unreasonably proud.
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- outstrip — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- pairwise — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- papisher — a Roman Catholic
- papistry — the Roman Catholic Church.
- paradise — a town in N California.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paraison — parison.
- parasail — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- parietes — Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parishen — a parishioner
- parisian — a native or inhabitant of Paris, France.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.