9-letter words containing p, r, i, e, t
- taper pin — a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- tearstrip — the part of packaging that may be easily torn to open it
- teleprint — to print out (a message) using a teleprinter
- tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
- tephroite — a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
- tepidaria — in Ancient Rome, the warm rooms of the baths
- terpenoid — a class of chemical compounds including all terpenes
- terpineol — any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- tightrope — a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
- time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
- time-poor — lacking spare time or leisure time
- tipperary — a county in Munster province, in the S Republic of Ireland. 1643 sq. mi. (4255 sq. km). County seat: Clonmel.
- top-liner — an entertainer who is important enough to be the star of a show
- top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
- transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
- trapezial — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trephiner — a surgeon who works with a trephine
- trepidant — trepid.
- trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
- trip line — (in lumbering) a line for freeing a dog hook from a log at a distance.
- triparted — divided into three parts.
- tripleton — (especially in bridge) a set of three cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt.
- tripmeter — a type of odometer that can be set back to zero so that the distance of a particular trip can be measured.
- tripteral — (of a classical building) having a triple pteron.
- triptyque — a customs permit for the temporary importation of a motor vehicle
- tritanope — a person who cannot distinguish the colour blue
- triumphed — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
- tropeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- turpitude — vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
- typewrite — use a typewriter
- unpredict — to retract or annul (a previous prediction)
- unprinted — to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
- unstriped — not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.
- uplighter — a lamp or wall light designed or positioned to cast its light upwards
- upstirred — disturbed; in a commotion
- uptrilled — trilled high (used in Samuel Coleridge's poems)
- varityper — a justifying typewriter used to produce copy in various type styles
- vertiport — a type of airport for aircrafts which land and take off vertically
- waterpick — a portable electric appliance that uses a stream of water under force to remove food particles from between the teeth and to massage the gums.