9-letter words containing p, r, i, c
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- perceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceiver — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
- pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
- pericycle — the outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- periscope — an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision, consisting essentially of a tube with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors and, usually, lenses: used especially in submarines.
- peroxidic — of the nature of a peroxide; containing a peroxide or constituting part of a peroxide group
- perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- phrenetic — frenetic.
- pick over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pickeerer — somebody who pickeers
- pickering — Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.
- pickproof — (of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked.
- picnicker — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picocurie — a trillionth of a curie, which is a unit of radioactivity
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- picturing — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- picturize — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- 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.
- piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
- pikeperch — any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, especially the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
- pilgarlic — a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- pipe rack — a steel framed structure that pipes (used to drill for oil, etc) are stacked on for storage
- pipe-rack — offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.