9-letter words containing r, i, p, e, n, s
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
- perkiness — jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- persienne — a kind of calico that is printed with a pattern, or a material that resembles this
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pestering — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- pinedrops — a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.
- pinsetter — a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pinstripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- prelusion — a prelude.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- prentices — a male given name.
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presiding — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- presinter — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- priciness — the state of being pricey
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- raspiness — harsh; grating; rasping.
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- reinspire — to inspire again or anew
- replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.