9-letter words containing p, o, t, e, r
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- optimizer — A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
- optometer — any of various instruments for measuring the refractive error of an eye.
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopter — ornithopter
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outporter — an inhabitant or native of a Newfoundland outport
- outpoured — Simple past tense and past participle of outpour.
- outpourer — a person who pours something out
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- outpursue — to pursue farther than
- outrooper — an auctioneer
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overtrump — to play a trump higher than (one previously played to the trick)
- p/e ratio — price-to-earnings ratio
- 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.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parroquet — parakeet.
- 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.
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pastorate — the office or term of office of a pastor.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- 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.
- patronage — the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- 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.
- pedometer — an instrument worn by a walker or runner for recording the number of steps taken, thereby showing approximately the distance traveled.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- 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
- pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
- pepperpot — A pepperpot is a small container with holes in the top, used for shaking pepper onto food.