9-letter words containing c, o, r, p
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- pork chop — cutlet of pig meat
- porogamic — pertaining to or designating porogamy
- poromeric — any of various microporous synthetic materials used as leather substitutes.
- poroscope — an instrument for measuring porosity
- poroscopy — a method for identifying people by the impression left by the pores of the finger(s)
- porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
- portapack — the first portable combined videotape recorder and camera
- porticoed — provided with a portico or porticoes.
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- post-rock — a type of music that often varies from traditional rock in terms of form and instrumentation
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- pothecary — apothecary.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- practolol — a beta-blocker with formula C14H22N2O3, formerly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia, but now largely withdrawn due to severe side-effects
- praecoces — a division of birds whose young are able to run when first hatched
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- preceptor — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- precooked — to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.
- precooker — a device for cooking or partially cooking food in advance of final preparations
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- preoccupy — to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- prerecord — to record beforehand or in advance.
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- prescious — prescient
- prescored — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- prick out — to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
- prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers