9-letter words containing s, i, r, p
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
- raspiness — harsh; grating; rasping.
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redisplay — to display again
- redispose — to rearrange; readjust
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- 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.
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- repulsive — causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
- reserpine — an alkaloid, C 3 3 H 4 0 N 2 O 9 , obtained from the root of the rauwolfia, Rauwolfia serpentina, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- reshipped — to ship again.
- reshipper — a person who reships cargo etc; a forwarding agent
- respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
- 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.
- riparians — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo
- rivalship — rivalry
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- rulership — the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled: Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- sapraemia — blood poisoning caused by toxins of putrefactive bacteria
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- schippers — Thomas, 1930–77, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- scorpioid — resembling a scorpion.
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.