9-letter words containing p, o, e, r
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overpoise — the action of weighing down on something
- overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
- overpress — to oppress
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overprize — to prize too highly; overvalue.
- overproof — containing a greater proportion of alcohol than proof spirit does.
- overproud — excessively proud.
- overripen — to make or become too ripe
- oversharp — too sharp
- oversleep — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- overspill — to spill over.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- p/e ratio — price-to-earnings ratio
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- paderborn — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in NW Germany.
- padre pio — a form of punishment shooting employed by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland in which the victim is shot through the palms of both hands
- palampore — a cotton print woven in India and used for clothing, canopies, etc.
- palempore — an ornately patterned Indian cloth; a bed covering
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- panderous — resembling a pander
- paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
- paradoxer — a proposer of a paradox
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- 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.
- pardalote — any of several tiny, short-tailed Australian songbirds of the genus Pardalotus, having short bills and most having brilliant plumage with gemlike specks on the dark upper parts.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pastorage — pastorate.