9-letter words containing p, o, r, e, d
- periodize — to divide (a portion of time) into periods
- peroxidic — of the nature of a peroxide; containing a peroxide or constituting part of a peroxide group
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- pied noir — an Algerian-born French person.
- piepowder — a travelling market trader, merchant or similar traveller
- pilloried — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pinedrops — a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.
- pioneered — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- poppy red — poppy (def 4).
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- portalled — a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- porticoed — provided with a portico or porticoes.
- portiered — having a portiere, a curtain hanging across a doorway
- portrayed — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- powderman — a person in charge of explosives, especially in a demolition crew.
- pre-loved — previously used or owned; secondhand.
- pre-model — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- pre-order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- pre-owned — previously owned; used; secondhand: a sale of preowned furs.
- precooked — to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- predevote — predestined, predetermined
- predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
- predomain — (theory) A domain with no bottom element.
- preformed — to form beforehand.
- premodern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- preordain — to ordain beforehand; foreordain.
- prerecord — to record beforehand or in advance.
- prescored — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.