9-letter words containing p, u, r, s
- larkspurs — Plural form of larkspur.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- marsupium — the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonporous — full of pores.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outpursue — to pursue farther than
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- outstrips — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstrip.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- parecious — paroicous.
- parnassus — Mount. Modern name Liakoura. a mountain in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth and near Delphi. About 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pass rush — an attempt by the defense to prevent the quarterback from throwing successfully to a receiver.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pasturage — pasture.
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pauperess — a female pauper
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- peasouper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- penpusher — pencil pusher.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- percussor — plexor.
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- perradius — any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group