9-letter words containing i, n, p, r, o
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- pepperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- perdition — a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phlorizin — a bitter, crystalline glucoside, C 2 1 H 2 4 O 1 0 , obtained from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, etc.: formerly used as a tonic and in the treatment of malaria; now used chiefly in biochemical research.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- piano bar — a cocktail lounge featuring live piano music.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pied noir — an Algerian-born French person.
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- pinedrops — a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
- pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
- pioneered — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- polverine — a glassmaker's potash
- pomerania — a former province of NE Germany, now mostly in NW Poland.
- pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pontonier — an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
- poppering — a type of pear tree
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- porphyrin — a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 1 2 .
- porringer — a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
- portinari — Cândido [kahn-dee-doo] /ˈkɑ̃ di dʊ/ (Show IPA), 1903–62, Brazilian painter.
- portioner — a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- portofino — a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.