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9-letter words containing h, e, p

  • preharden — to harden beforehand
  • preheater — an appliance used to preheat something
  • prehensor — a part that grasps
  • prehiring — relating to the period before hiring
  • prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
  • preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
  • presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • preshaped — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
  • preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
  • preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
  • prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
  • pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • prettyish — quite pretty
  • prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
  • printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
  • pritchett — Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
  • prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
  • protheses — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • psychoses — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
  • published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
  • puh-leeze — a humorous spelling of the emphatic pronunciation of please, suggesting the speaker's exasperation
  • punchless — having no punch
  • punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
  • purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • push bike — A push bike is a bicycle which you move by turning the pedals with your feet.
  • push over — shove to the ground
  • push-bike — a standard bicycle, operated by pedals rather than a motor.
  • pushiness — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
  • put ahead — to reset the hands of (a clock) to a later time
  • pyorrhoea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
  • pyrethrin — Also called pyrethrin I. a viscous, water-insoluble liquid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 3 , extracted from pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide.
  • pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
  • pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
  • queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
  • rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
  • rasophore — a monk authorized to wear the rason.
  • repechage — (in cycling and rowing) a last-chance qualifying heat in which the runners-up in earlier heats race each other, with the winner advancing to the finals.
  • replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • reprehend — to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
  • republish — to publish again: to republish a bestseller in a special illustrated edition.
  • reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
  • resharpen — to sharpen again
  • reshipped — to ship again.
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