9-letter words containing l, e, t, i, r
- pelletier — Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- portatile — portable
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- pre-trial — occurring before a trial
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- radiately — In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a centre.
- rain belt — a zone in which it usually rains
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- rattailed — having a tail or feature like a rat's tail
- re-enlist — to (cause to) re-enter into an engagement to serve in the armed forces
- real time — If something is done in real time, there is no noticeable delay between the action and its effect or consequence.
- real-time — of or relating to applications in which the computer must respond as rapidly as required by the user or necessitated by the process being controlled.
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.