9-letter words containing c, i, r, l, p
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parodical — having or of the nature of a parody.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- 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
- 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.
- pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
- pericycle — the outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilgarlic — a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- preexilic — of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. b.c.)
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
- prickling — a sharp point.
- principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- proclisis — the pronunciation of a word as a proclitic
- proclitic — (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- pyritical — relating to pyrites
- pyroxylic — resulting from the action of fire on wood
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.