9-letter words containing p, r, i, s
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- base pair — a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double-stranded RNA
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- caprifigs — Plural form of caprifig.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chaprassi — an office worker or doorman
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chirpsing — Present participle of chirpse.
- cirripeds — Plural form of cirriped.
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprised — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprise.
- compromis — a formal document, executed in common by nations submitting a dispute to arbitration, that defines the matter at issue, the rules of procedure and the powers of the arbitral tribunal, and the principles for determining the award.
- conscript — A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
- conspirer — to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
- conspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire.
- copperish — resembling copper
- coreopsis — any plant of the genus Coreopsis, of America and tropical Africa, cultivated for their yellow, brown, or yellow-and-red daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- courtship — Courtship is the activity of courting or the time during which a man and a woman are courting.
- coverslip — a very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a glass slide that is to be examined under a microscope
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- creepiest — Superlative form of creepy.
- crepiness — the quality of being crepe-like in texture, esp in skin
- cripplers — Plural form of crippler.
- crispated — Crispate.
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- crispness — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- croupiers — Plural form of croupier.
- cuspidors — Plural form of cuspidor.
- dayspring — the dawn
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.