9-letter words containing p, r, e, h
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- phonopore — a device that conveys sound using electrical impulses along telegraph lines
- phosphore — the morning star, especially Venus.
- phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
- phreaking — phone phreak.
- phrenetic — frenetic.
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- 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.
- pikeperch — any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, especially the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- plansheer — plancer.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
- 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.
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- 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.
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- 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
- prehensor — a part that grasps
- prehiring — relating to the period before hiring
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- 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.