9-letter words containing i, p, r, o
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyrotoxin — pyrogen.
- pyroxylic — resulting from the action of fire on wood
- pyroxylin — a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.
- rainproof — impervious to rain; keeping out or unaffected by rain: a rainproof cover; a rainproof coat.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- raptorial — preying upon other animals; predatory.
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- 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.
- 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.
- receiptor — a person who receipts.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redispose — to rearrange; readjust
- reopening — the act of opening again something that was closed
- repletion — the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- repolling — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- reporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- reportion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- reproving — If you give someone a reproving look or speak in a reproving voice, you show or say that you think they have behaved in a wrong or foolish way.
- reptation — a creeping motion; the act of crawling
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- rhipidion — a fan used in Greek Orthodox church services
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- ridgepole — the horizontal timber or member at the top of a roof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- road trip — journey in a car, bus, etc.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish