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9-letter words containing o, p, e, r, n

  • pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • prooemion — a preface
  • properdin — a protein present in blood serum that, acting with complement, is involved in the destruction of alien cells, such as bacteria
  • propodeon — (of certain hymenopterans) the first segment of the abdomen that is fused to the thorax
  • proponent — a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
  • propylene — containing the propylene group.
  • prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
  • protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
  • protanope — a person diagnosed with protanopia
  • proteinic — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
  • protonate — to provide an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
  • protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
  • proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
  • provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
  • provender — dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder.
  • provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
  • provolone — a mellow light-colored, Italian cheese, usually smoked after drying.
  • pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
  • pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
  • purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
  • pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
  • pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
  • rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
  • 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.
  • reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
  • responded — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
  • responder — a person or thing that responds.
  • responser — the portion of an interrogator-responsor that receives and interprets the signals from a transponder.
  • responses — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
  • responsor — the portion of an interrogator-responsor that receives and interprets the signals from a transponder.
  • responsum — the reply of a noted rabbi or Jewish scholar as rendered in the Responsa.
  • rope burn — a burn on the skin caused by friction from a rope
  • rope yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
  • shipborne — carried on a ship.
  • shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
  • singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
  • snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
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