9-letter words containing o, p, e
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- palaeosol — an ancient soil horizon
- palampore — a cotton print woven in India and used for clothing, canopies, etc.
- palempore — an ornately patterned Indian cloth; a bed covering
- paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
- paleogene — noting or pertaining to the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, in the system adopted by some geologists, occurring from 65 to 25 million years ago and including the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene epochs: corresponds to the earlier part of the Tertiary Period in the system generally used in the U.S. Compare Neogene.
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- pampootie — a rawhide slipper worn by men in the Aran Islands
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panettone — an Italian yeast-leavened bread, traditionally eaten on holidays, usually made with raisins, candied fruit peels, almonds, and brandy.
- pantaleon — a keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
- pantalone — an Italian comic character
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- pantomime — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
- papillose — full of papillae.
- papillote — a decorative curled paper placed over the end of the bone of a cutlet or chop.
- paradoxer — a proposer of a paradox
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- pardalote — any of several tiny, short-tailed Australian songbirds of the genus Pardalotus, having short bills and most having brilliant plumage with gemlike specks on the dark upper parts.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pasodoble — fast modern ballroom dance
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pastedown — the leaf of an endpaper that is pasted to the inside of the front or back cover of a book.
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.