9-letter words containing t, h, i, r, e
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prettyish — quite pretty
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- pritchett — Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- pyrethrin — Also called pyrethrin I. a viscous, water-insoluble liquid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 3 , extracted from pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide.
- ratherish — fairly, moderately
- rebirther — a person who has undergone rebirthing
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- red light — traffic light indicating stop
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- red-light — Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
- reheating — heating again.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- reichsrat — German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- rethinker — a person who rethinks
- retighten — to tighten again
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- rhodonite — a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rhythmize — to make rhythmic, to add rhythm to something
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rightless — lacking rights
- rightness — correctness or accuracy.
- rightsize — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- ruthenium — a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals. Symbol: Ru; atomic weight: 101.07; atomic number: 44; specific gravity: 12.2 at 20°C.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- shirtless — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- shrillest — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- sightseer — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.