9-letter words containing d, p, a, r
- persuaded — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- persuader — a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
- pertained — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pervading — omnipresent; felt everywhere
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- pintadera — a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in the Neolithic of the E Mediterranean and in many American cultures
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- plastered — drunk.
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- 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.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- pompadour — Marquise de (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normant d'Étioles) 1721–64, mistress of Louis XV of France.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- porbandar — a seaport in SW Gujarat, in W India.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- portadown — a town in S Northern Ireland, in the district of Armagh. Pop: 25 958 (2001)
- portalled — a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- portrayed — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- pre-audit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- pre-death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- pre-ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- predebate — occurring or produced before a given debate; of or pertaining to the period leading up to a given debate
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa