9-letter words containing p, c, r
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- repricing — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- reproceed — to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- reprocess — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- respecter — someone or something that is influenced by the social standing, importance, power, or any deterrent put forth by persons or things (used chiefly in negative constructions): Death is no respecter of wealth.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rock pool — small body of seawater among rocks
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- root crop — a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- sarcocarp — the fleshy mesocarp of certain fruits, as the peach.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- sceptered — a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- schippers — Thomas, 1930–77, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- schlepper — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- scorpioid — resembling a scorpion.
- scrap car — an old or damaged car that is to be reprocessed by a scrap dealer
- 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.
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
- scrape up — 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.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrapyard — A scrapyard is a place where old machines such as cars or ships are destroyed and where useful parts are saved.
- screw cap — a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.
- screw top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.
- screw-top — (of a container) having a top that screws on.