9-letter words containing p, e, c, o, r
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- 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.
- 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.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- macropore — Any pore sufficiently wide to allow water to flow unimpeded by capillary action.
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- micropore — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overcheap — too cheap
- overcrops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrop.
- overperch — to fly up to perch on
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.