9-letter words containing p, r, i, s
- fire ship — a vessel loaded with combustibles and explosives, ignited, and set adrift to destroy an enemy's ships or constructions.
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
- firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- fopperies — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- gossipers — Plural form of gossiper.
- gossipper — a person who gossips
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- importers — Plural form of importer.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- impostors — Plural form of impostor.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- imprecise — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- impressed — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- impresser — to affect deeply or strongly in mind or feelings; influence in opinion: He impressed us as a sincere young man.
- impresses — Plural form of impress.
- imprisons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprison.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improviso — (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- in person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- in spirit — If you say you are somewhere in spirit or with someone in spirit, you mean that although you are not with them, you feel as though you are with them because you are thinking about them a lot.
- in spurts — If something happens in spurts, there are periods of activity followed by periods in which it does not happen.
- in-person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.