9-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- on parole — If a prisoner is on parole, he or she is released before the official end of their prison sentence and will not be sent back to prison if their behaviour is good.
- on patrol — monitoring an area
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overapply — To apply to excess.
- overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- 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.
- overspill — to spill over.
- 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.
- palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- para-bola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paradoxal — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parodical — having or of the nature of a parody.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- patrolled — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patroller — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
- payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.