9-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o, n
- poppering — a type of pear tree
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- porringer — a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
- portioner — a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- pottering — putter1 .
- pottinger — an apothecary
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelusion — a prelude.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premotion — a previous motion
- prenomina — praenomen.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- prenotion — a preconception.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- preoption — the right of first choice
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- prigogine — Ilya [il-yuh,, eel-;; Russian ee-lyah] /ˈɪl yə,, ˈil-;; Russian iˈlyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, born in Russia: Nobel prize 1977.
- princedom — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- princeton — a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- prooemion — a preface
- properdin — a protein present in blood serum that, acting with complement, is involved in the destruction of alien cells, such as bacteria
- prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteinic — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
- provident — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- reappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
- reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- reopening — the act of opening again something that was closed