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9-letter words containing p, r, e, a, h

  • parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
  • parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
  • parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • 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.”.
  • pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
  • pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
  • pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
  • pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
  • pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
  • pentarchy — a government by five persons.
  • perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
  • perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
  • peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
  • petahertz — one quadrillion (10 15) hertz. Abbreviation: PHz.
  • petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
  • phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
  • phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
  • phanerite — any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.
  • pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
  • phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
  • philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • phonecard — calling card (def 3).
  • phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
  • phreaking — phone phreak.
  • pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
  • plansheer — plancer.
  • plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
  • polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
  • porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
  • pothecary — apothecary.
  • praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
  • pratchett — Sir Terence (David John), known as Terry. (1948–2015), British writer, noted for his comic fantasy novels in the Discworld series
  • pre-chart — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
  • pre-death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
  • preachily — in a preachy fashion
  • preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • precharge — (storage)   The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
  • prehallux — (of some mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) an undeveloped digit growing on the inner side of a hind limb
  • prehandle — to handle beforehand
  • preharden — to harden beforehand
  • preheater — an appliance used to preheat something
  • prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • preshaped — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
  • pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
  • printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
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