9-letter words containing o, r, a, l, c
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parodical — having or of the nature of a parody.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
- polar cap — Geology. the icecap situated at either end of the earth's poles.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- practolol — a beta-blocker with formula C14H22N2O3, formerly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia, but now largely withdrawn due to severe side-effects
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- procellas — pucellas.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- prowl car — squad car.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- rascaldom — the domain of rascals, a group of rascals
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- razorclam — type of mollusc with a long, narrow shell
- re-locate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- recatalog — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- reconceal — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- red coral — any of several alcyonarian corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, having a red or pink skeleton, used for jewelry.
- relocatee — someone who is relocated or moved to a new location
- relocator — a program designed to transfer files from one computer to another
- revocable — that may be revoked.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rice coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 3/16 to 5/16 inch (about 0.5 to 0.8 cm).
- rio claro — a city in São Paulo state, in SE Brazil.
- roadblock — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- rock fall — a fall of loose rocks
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock wall — rock fence.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- roll back — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- roll cage — a system of metal bars fitted around the seating area of a vehicle, especially a racing car, to prevent the occupants from being crushed if the vehicle rolls over.