9-letter words containing p, c, r
- excerptor — One who makes excerpts.
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- exophoric — Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
- exotropic — (of an eye) turning outwards
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- fair copy — a copy of a document made after final correction.
- far piece — a considerable distance: They moved a far piece from here.
- figpecker — A bird, the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
- flaptrack — (in an aircraft wing) a track along which the wing flap runs when it is being deployed
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- food crop — a crop, such as rice or wheat, that is grown for human consumption
- force cup — plunger (def 3).
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- fort peck — a dam on the Missouri River in NE Montana.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- framepack — a backpack attached to a supporting frame of usually lightweight metal.
- fruit cup — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- gourd cup — a metal cup of the 16th and 17th centuries having a gourd-shaped bowl mounted on a stem.
- grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
- grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- hairpiece — a toupee.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- hepteract — (mathematics) A seven-dimensional hypercube.
- herceptin — a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the protein that can fuel tumour growth, used in the treatment of breast cancer
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypericin — an antidepressant and antiviral compound derived from Saint John's wort
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).