9-letter words containing p, a, t, r, o
- body part — a part of a human body
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- cartopper — an object, esp a small boat, designed to be transported on top of a vehicle
- cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- compacter — Comparative form of compact.
- compactor — a machine that compacts something, esp rubbish
- cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business
- copatriot — a fellow patriot
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- coroplast — A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
- corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- doorplate — a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- epeolatry — the worship of words
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epuration — purification
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- esperanto — Esperanto is an invented language which consists of parts of several European languages, and which was designed to help people from different countries communicate with each other.
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- evaporate — Turn from liquid into vapor.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- exotropia — (medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
- expatriot — Misspelling of expatriate.
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- explorate — (obsolete) To explore.
- exprobate — (obsolete) To exprobrate.
- extrapose — to move a word or words to the end of, or outside, a clause or sentence without altering its sense