9-letter words containing p, a, r, c, l
- 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.
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- practolol — a beta-blocker with formula C14H22N2O3, formerly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia, but now largely withdrawn due to severe side-effects
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- 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.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- 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
- preplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- prerectal — in front of the rectum
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- 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.
- pub crawl — visit to a series of bars
- pub-crawl — to have drinks at one bar after another.
- pyritical — relating to pyrites
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- workplace — a person's place of employment.