9-letter words containing p, r, e, c, s
- 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.
- presecure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presences — the state or fact of being present, as with others or in a place.
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
- priciness — the state of being pricey
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- procellas — pucellas.
- processed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- processer — a person or thing that processes.
- processes — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- processor — a person or thing that processes.
- procuress — a woman who procures prostitutes.
- producers — a person who produces.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosected — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosector — a person who dissects cadavers for the illustration of anatomical lectures or the like.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- prospects — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- pyroscope — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a heat source
- recompose — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- repercuss — to have or cause repercussions
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- reprocess — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- respecter — someone or something that is influenced by the social standing, importance, power, or any deterrent put forth by persons or things (used chiefly in negative constructions): Death is no respecter of wealth.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- rotoscope — a projection device that allows images from live-action films to be traced to create an animated sequence
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- sceptered — a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- schippers — Thomas, 1930–77, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- schlepper — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- scrapable — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.