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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
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