9-letter words containing p, e, n
- potentate — a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- potentize — to make more potent, esp. a drug
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- pottering — putter1 .
- pottinger — an apothecary
- pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
- pound net — a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- power nap — a short sleep taken during the working day with the intention of improving the quality of work later in the day
- poweropen — The PowerOpen Association defines and promotes the PowerOpen Environment (POE).
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- praenomen — the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-enact — to enact beforehand
- pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- pre-roman — of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- precedent — Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predefine — to define in advance
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- predinner — of, pertaining to, or enjoyed in the period before dinner
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- pregnable — capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prehandle — to handle beforehand
- preharden — to harden beforehand