9-letter words containing a, p, r, i, c
- patrician — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
- pilgarlic — a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pipe rack — a steel framed structure that pipes (used to drill for oil, etc) are stacked on for storage
- pipe-rack — offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- podgorica — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porogamic — pertaining to or designating porogamy
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practicer — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practicum — (in a college or university) the part of a course consisting of practical work in a particular field.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatic — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.