9-letter words containing s, p, i, l, r
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.
- purselike — resembling a purse
- pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- redisplay — to display again
- 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.
- 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.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rivalship — rivalry
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- rulership — the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled: Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scripless — a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- silvertip — grizzly bear.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- slip rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slip ring — a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slip-rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- slipdress — a style of sleeveless dress with thin shoulder straps, resembling a slip.
- sloop rig — gaff-topsail catfish.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spielberg — Steven, born 1947, U.S. film director.
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spiralist — a person or thing that ascends in a spiral structure
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spireless — having no spire