9-letter words containing s, i, r, p
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- perspired — to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pertussis — whooping cough.
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- 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)
- phansigar — a person from East India who operates as a thief and a murderer
- pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- phosphori — plural of phosphorus
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pig's ear — ear of a pig
- pig's fry — the heart, liver, lights, and sweetbreads of a pig cooked, esp fried, together
- 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
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- pin grass — common storksbill, a weed with fernlike leaves
- 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.
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- 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
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- piss poor — of extremely inferior or disappointing quality or rating.
- piss-poor — of extremely inferior or disappointing quality or rating.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- 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.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- polarised — to cause polarization in.