9-letter words containing s, e, r, p, n
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- penpusher — pencil pusher.
- penseroso — a pensive, brooding, or thoughtful person
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- 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.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- personnel — a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
- 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)
- phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
- 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).
- plansheer — plancer.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- 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.