9-letter words containing p, r, e, t, o, i
- herpetoid — reptilian, reptiliform
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- importers — Plural form of importer.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interpone — to interpose
- interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
- n'importe — no matter
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
- operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- operative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- operatize — to turn (a play, novel, etc) into an opera
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- optimizer — A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overprint — Printing. to print additional material or another color on a form or sheet previously printed.
- p/e ratio — price-to-earnings ratio
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- perdition — a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- periodate — a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- peronista — Peronist.