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9-letter words containing s, p, h, r

  • karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
  • keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
  • lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
  • lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
  • lordships — Plural form of lordship.
  • mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
  • mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
  • mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
  • metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • minorship — the state of being a minor
  • misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
  • morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
  • morphisms — Plural form of morphism.
  • morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
  • morphosis — the sequence or manner of development or change in an organism or any of its parts.
  • motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
  • myographs — Plural form of myograph.
  • neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
  • nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
  • nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
  • noosphere — the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
  • oospheres — Plural form of oosphere.
  • orthopods — an orthopedist.
  • outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
  • oversharp — too sharp
  • ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  • pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
  • parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
  • pariahism — an outcast.
  • parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
  • parsonish — like a parson
  • parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
  • pash rash — an inflammation of the skin caused by passionate kissing with a man with a stubbly face
  • pass rush — an attempt by the defense to prevent the quarterback from throwing successfully to a receiver.
  • pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
  • pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
  • penpusher — pencil pusher.
  • pepperish — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
  • perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
  • peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
  • petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
  • 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.
  • pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
  • 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
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