9-letter words containing s, p, u, r, i
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.
- purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- purselike — resembling a purse
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
- 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.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- rulership — the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled: Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century.
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- spring up — If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- string up — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strip out — to remove the working parts of (a machine)
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- sugar pie — an open pie with a brown sugar filling
- superbike — a high-performance motorcycle
- superbity — pride
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfirm — a very large firm or corporation, often incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller firms
- superhigh — extremely high
- superhive — super (def 3).
- supermind — an exceptional mind