9-letter words containing c, s, r
- proscript — a proscription or prohibition
- prosected — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosector — a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- prospects — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protistic — of or relating to the kingdom Protista
- protocols — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- push-card — punchboard.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyroscope — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a heat source
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- racecards — Plural form of racecard.
- racegoers — Plural form of racegoer.
- racehorse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- racemates — Plural form of racemate.
- racialise — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- racialism — racism.
- racialist — racism.
- radiocast — a radiobroadcast.
- radionics — a dowsing technique using a pendulum to detect the energy fields that are emitted by all forms of matter
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches
- rancorous — full of or showing rancor.
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
- rascalism — the traits or character of a rascal
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- raw score — the original score, as of a test, before it is statistically adjusted.
- re-choose — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- reachless — unreachable or unattainable
- reactants — a person or thing that reacts.
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- recalesce — to undergo recalescence
- recension — an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- recessing — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.