9-letter words containing p, c, r
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- super pac — a type of PAC that has no limitations on the amount or source of donations, though it cannot contribute directly to a political campaign or party. See also PAC.
- supercede — supersede.
- supercell — a highly organized thunderstorm that can last for several hours, capable of producing both updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 miles per hour, large hailstones, tornadoes, and flash flooding (often used attributively): a supercell in Kansas City; supercell storms.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- superclub — a large or important club or society
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- supercute — very cute
- superjock — an extremely athletic person
- superrace — a race, class, or people considered superior to others.
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- surfperch — any of several fishes of the family Embiotocidae, inhabiting shallow waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- susceptor — a piece of metallic film on a package of microwaveable food that helps cook and brown the food by producing and concentrating energy on the food's outer surface.
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- tiptronic — a type of gearbox that has both automatic and manual options
- trap rock — trap2
- tricuspid — Also, tricuspidal. having three cusps or points, as a tooth. Compare bicuspid.
- triphasic — having or existing in three phases.
- truckstop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- turcopole — during the Crusades, a type of lightly armed and low-ranking soldier belonging to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, used mainly as mounted archers and scouts
- uncorrupt — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- uncoupler — an agent responsible for the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation
- uncropped — the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop.
- uncrumple — to eliminate crumples from
- unperfect — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- unpierced — not pierced
- unprecise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- unpredict — to retract or annul (a previous prediction)
- up-anchor — to weigh anchor.
- upaithric — without a roof
- upcountry — of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.
- uppercase — (of an alphabetical character) capital.
- ursprache — a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
- vaporific — producing vapor; tending to form vapor.
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord
- whipcrack — The crack of a whip.
- work camp — a camp for prisoners sentenced to labor, especially to outdoor labor such as roadbuilding or farming.
- workpiece — a piece of work being machined.
- workplace — a person's place of employment.
- workspace — space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.
- world cup — a trophy emblematic since 1930 of the world championship in soccer and competed for every four years by finalists who have won qualifying matches among more than 150 national teams.
- xeriscape — environmental design of residential and park land using various methods for minimizing the need for water use.
- zoetropic — of or relating to a zoetrope