9-letter words containing r, a, s, p
- pig's ear — ear of a pig
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- pin grass — common storksbill, a weed with fernlike leaves
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- plansheer — plancer.
- plastered — drunk.
- plasterer — builder or decorator who applies plaster
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- plaustral — relating to wagons
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
- pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- port arms — a position in military drill in which one's rifle is held diagonally in front of the body, with the muzzle pointing upward to the left.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- pot roast — a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praecoces — a division of birds whose young are able to run when first hatched
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- pratfalls — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.