9-letter words containing p, r, e, n, g
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- preminger — Otto (Ludwig) 1906–86, U.S. motion-picture actor, director, and producer, born in Austria.
- prepaging — (architecture) (Or "working set model") A technique whereby the operating system in a paging virtual memory multitasking environment loads all pages of a process's working set into memory before the process is restarted. Under demand paging a process accesses its working set by page faults every time it is restarted. Under prepaging the system remembers the pages in each process's working set and loads them into physical memory before restarting the process. Prepaging reduces the page fault rate of reloaded processes and hence generally improves CPU efficiency.
- presiding — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- presuming — presumptuous.
- prewiring — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- prigogine — Ilya [il-yuh,, eel-;; Russian ee-lyah] /ˈɪl yə,, ˈil-;; Russian iˈlyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, born in Russia: Nobel prize 1977.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prognoses — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
- prolonged — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- recapping — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- reopening — the act of opening again something that was closed
- repairing — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repeating — repeating or saying again
- repelling — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repigment — to (cause to) regain pigmentation
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- repolling — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- reporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- repricing — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- repriming — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- reproving — If you give someone a reproving look or speak in a reproving voice, you show or say that you think they have behaved in a wrong or foolish way.
- repugnant — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- revamping — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- sap green — a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- simpering — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- sporogeny — the process of spore formation in plants and animals
- springlet — a small spring of water.
- supergene — formed by descending waters, as mineral or ore deposits (opposed to hypogene).
- superlong — extremely long
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- ungrouped — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- zippering — Present participle of zipper.