9-letter words containing p, e, r, l, c
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- preexilic — of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. b.c.)
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- preplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- prerectal — in front of the rectum
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- procellas — pucellas.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- purulence — pus.
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- schlepper — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scripless — a receipt, certificate, list, or similar brief piece of writing.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- uncoupler — an agent responsible for the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation
- uncrumple — to eliminate crumples from
- workplace — a person's place of employment.