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9-letter words containing p, o, r, t

  • portapack — the first portable combined videotape recorder and camera
  • portatile — portable
  • portative — capable of being carried; portable.
  • porterage — the work of a porter or carrier.
  • porteress — portress.
  • portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
  • porthouse — a company that produces port
  • porticoed — provided with a portico or porticoes.
  • porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
  • portiered — having a portiere, a curtain hanging across a doorway
  • portieres — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
  • portinari — Cândido [kahn-dee-doo] /ˈkɑ̃ di dʊ/ (Show IPA), 1903–62, Brazilian painter.
  • portioner — a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
  • portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
  • portofino — a village in NW Italy, SE of Genoa: tourist resort.
  • portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
  • portolano — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
  • portrayal — the act of portraying.
  • portrayed — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • portrayer — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • portreeve — the reeve of a port
  • portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
  • post horn — a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
  • post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
  • post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
  • post-free — British. postpaid.
  • post-rock — a type of music that often varies from traditional rock in terms of form and instrumentation
  • postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
  • posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
  • posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
  • posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
  • posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
  • postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
  • postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
  • postrorse — directed backward.
  • posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
  • posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
  • posturise — to posture; pose.
  • posturize — to posture; pose.
  • pot roast — a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.
  • potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
  • pothecary — apothecary.
  • pothering — commotion; uproar.
  • potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
  • pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
  • potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
  • potometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of water that a plant loses through transpiration, consisting of a sealed vessel of water with a cutting inserted in such a way that moisture can escape only through absorption and transpiration.
  • potpourri — a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
  • potteriesthe, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
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