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9-letter words containing p, r, e, t, o, i

  • perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
  • pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
  • petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
  • petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
  • petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
  • picometer — one trillionth of a meter
  • picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
  • pignorate — to pledge or pawn
  • pinkertonAllan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
  • pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
  • pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
  • pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
  • pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
  • plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
  • pontonier — an officer or soldier in charge of bridge equipment or the construction of pontoon bridges.
  • pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
  • portatile — portable
  • portative — capable of being carried; portable.
  • porticoed — provided with a portico or porticoes.
  • porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
  • portiered — having a portiere, a curtain hanging across a doorway
  • portieres — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
  • portioner — a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.
  • posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
  • posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
  • posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
  • postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
  • postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
  • posturise — to posture; pose.
  • posturize — to posture; pose.
  • potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
  • pothering — commotion; uproar.
  • potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
  • potteriesthe, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
  • pottering — putter1 .
  • pottinger — an apothecary
  • 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.
  • preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
  • preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
  • prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
  • precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • predation — depredation; plundering.
  • predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
  • prelation — the setting of one above another
  • premotion — a previous motion
  • prenotify — to notify in advance
  • prenotion — a preconception.
  • preobtain — to obtain in advance
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