9-letter words containing e, n, r, o, i
- prooemion — a preface
- properdin — a protein present in blood serum that, acting with complement, is involved in the destruction of alien cells, such as bacteria
- prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteinic — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- querimony — a complaint
- racegoing — that goes to races
- raffinose — a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 1 8 H 3 2 O 1 6 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
- rainbowed — containing, resembling, or involving a rainbow
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- range oil — oil suitable for burning as the fuel of a kitchen stove.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- re-anoint — to anoint (a person or thing) again
- re-homing — the act of re-homing an animal
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- read into — If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- 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.
- reasoning — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- rebellion — open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- 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.
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- recension — an editorial revision of a literary work, especially on the basis of critical examination of the text and the sources used.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- reclusion — the condition or life of a recluse.
- recognise — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recoiling — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recoinage — the act, process, or right of making coins.
- recombine — to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite: She combined the ingredients to make the cake. They combined the two companies.
- reconcile — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- recondite — dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
- reconfine — to confine (something or someone) again
- reconfirm — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- reconning — reconnaissance.
- reconsign — to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
- reconvict — to convict (someone) again
- recording — an act of recording.
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- recursion — the process of defining a function or calculating a number by the repeated application of an algorithm.
- redaction — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redingote — a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.