9-letter words containing p, a, r, i, n, e
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- napierian — of, relating to, or formulated by John Napier.
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
- operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- paintress — a female painter
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- pan-fried — Pan-fried food is food that has been cooked in hot fat or oil in a frying pan.
- pandering — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panetiere — a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- paraffine — paraffin.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parenesis — exhortation; admonition
- parenting — a father or a mother.
- pargeting — any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- 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.
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pattering — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- perennial — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- periander — died 585 b.c, tyrant of Corinth.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- peridinia — genus of flagellate organisms
- perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perpignan — a department in S France. 1600 sq. mi. (4145 sq. km). Capital: Perpignan.