9-letter words containing p, o, r, t
- proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probation — the act of testing.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- probiotic — a usually dairy food or a dietary supplement containing live bacteria that replace or add to the beneficial bacteria normally present in the gastrointestinal tract.
- procacity — insolence
- procerity — tallness
- procident — relating to a prolapse
- proclitic — (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- procreate — to beget or generate (offspring).
- proctitis — inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- proctodea — parts of the anus
- proctored — a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- proditory — traitorous
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profiting — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- projected — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- projector — an apparatus for throwing an image on a screen, as a motion-picture projector or magic lantern.
- prokaryot — any organism having cells in each of which the genetic material is in a single DNA chain, not enclosed in a nucleus
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prolation — the time relationship between a semibreve and a minim in mensural notation.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- prolixity — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- prologist — a prologue writer or performer
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promoting — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- promotion — advancement in rank or position.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompting — encouragement to act
- prompture — prompting
- pronation — rotation of the hand or forearm so that the surface of the palm is facing downward or toward the back (opposed to supination).
- proof set — a set of coins (proof coins), one of each denomination, minted annually from highly polished metal on special dies, issued for collectors rather than for circulation
- prop root — an adventitious root that supports the plant, as the aerial roots of the mangrove tree or of corn.
- propagate — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- proponent — a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal.
- propontis — Marmara
- propriety — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.