9-letter words containing s, p, h, r
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- sophomore — a student in the second year of high school or college.
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spiderish — relating to or resembling a spider
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- sprightly — animated or vivacious; lively.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- straphang — to travel as a straphanger.
- 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).
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sulphured — treated or combined with sulphur
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sulphuryl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group, =SO2
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- superhero — a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
- superhigh — extremely high
- superhive — super (def 3).
- superhype — exaggerated hype
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- superthin — extremely thin
- surfperch — any of several fishes of the family Embiotocidae, inhabiting shallow waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- the press — the printed media
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- transship — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trap shot — half volley.
- triphasic — having or existing in three phases.
- 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.
- ultraposh — extremely posh
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ursprache — a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
- ushership — the position or office of an usher
- vampirish — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- whipworms — Plural form of whipworm.
- whispered — rumored; reported: He is whispered to be planning to run for governor.