9-letter words containing p, r, e, l, i
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- prevailed — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prevailer — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- previable — occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
- prideless — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- privilege — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- prologize — to perform or introduce by means of a prologue
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purselike — resembling a purse
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.