9-letter words containing r, i, p, o, s, t
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- septiform — sevenfold
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- spiration — the act of breathing
- spiritoso — spirited; lively (used as a musical direction).
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- store pig — a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- storm pit — a storm cellar.
- strap-oil — a beating
- strip off — remove clothes
- strip out — to remove the working parts of (a machine)
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
- troopship — a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.
- tutorship — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- wristdrop — paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand causing it to droop, due to injuries or some poisons, as lead or arsenic.
- zooperist — a person who practises zoopery