9-letter words containing o, d, p, r, i
- pied noir — an Algerian-born French person.
- piepowder — a travelling market trader, merchant or similar traveller
- pilloried — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pinedrops — a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.
- pioneered — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- podgorica — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- porticoed — provided with a portico or porticoes.
- portiered — having a portiere, a curtain hanging across a doorway
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
- primordia — the first recognizable, histologically differentiated stage in the development of an organ.
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
- proditory — traitorous
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- progravid — progestational (def 1).
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- properdin — a protein present in blood serum that, acting with complement, is involved in the destruction of alien cells, such as bacteria
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- prosodist — an expert in prosody.
- protoxide — the one of a series of oxides having the smallest proportion of oxygen.
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- providing — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- pterygoid — wing-shaped
- purdonium — a type of coal scuttle having a slanted cover that is raised to open it, and an inner removable metal container for the coal
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- 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)
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redispose — to rearrange; readjust
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile