9-letter words containing p, s, r
- appraised — Simple past tense and past participle of appraise.
- appraisee — a person who is being appraised
- appraiser — An appraiser is someone whose job is to estimate the cost or value of something such as property.
- appraises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appraise.
- appressed — pressed closely against, but not joined to, a surface
- apprising — appraise.
- apprizers — Plural form of apprizer.
- approvals — Plural form of approval.
- approvers — a person who approves.
- apres-ski — Apres-ski is evening entertainment and social activities in places where people go skiing.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- apriorist — a person who believes in apriorism
- apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- arhatship — the state of having achieved enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- ascocarps — Plural form of ascocarp.
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- asparagus — Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
- aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
- aspartame — an artificial sweetener produced from aspartic acid. Formula: C14H18N2O5
- aspartate — a salt formed from the amalgamation of a base and aspartic acid
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspirator — a device employing suction, such as a jet pump or one for removing fluids from a body cavity
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements