9-letter words containing s, p, r, y
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypospray — (science fiction) A kind of jet injector.
- isopropyl — containing the isopropyl group.
- keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
- krupskaya — Nadezhda Konstantinovna [nuh-dye-zhduh kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh v-nuh] /nʌˈdyɛ ʒdə kən stʌnˈtyi nəv nə/ (Show IPA), 1869–1939, Russian social worker and wife of V.I. Lenin.
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leprosery — a hospital for leprosy sufferers
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- pig's fry — the heart, liver, lights, and sweetbreads of a pig cooked, esp fried, together
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- poroscopy — a method for identifying people by the impression left by the pores of the finger(s)
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- pre-essay — a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- prelusory — introductory.
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- presurvey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- prettyish — quite pretty