9-letter words containing a, r, t, p, e
- proctodea — parts of the anus
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- propagate — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- protanope — a person diagnosed with protanopia
- protonate — to provide an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- psaltress — a woman who plays the psaltery
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
- rapturize — to go into ecstasies or raptures
- ratepayer — a person who pays a regular charge for the use of a public utility, as gas or electricity, usually based on the quantity consumed.
- re-carpet — to replace the existing carpet (in a room or office, etc)
- re-uptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- real part — the number a in the complex number a + bi.
- reappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- reattempt — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- rebaptize — to baptize again
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- recapture — to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- reoperate — to operate again (on the same thing as a previous operation)
- repattern — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- repeaters — a person or thing that repeats.
- repeating — repeating or saying again
- repellant — causing distaste or aversion; repulsive.
- repentant — repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
- replaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- reportage — the act or technique of reporting news.
- reprobate — a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
- reptation — a creeping motion; the act of crawling
- reptilian — belonging or pertaining to the Reptilia.