9-letter words containing p, r, i, o, t
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- incorrupt — not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inotropic — influencing the contractility of muscular tissue.
- 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.
- ionotropy — the reversible interconversion of a pair of organic isomers as a result of the migration of an ionic part of the molecule
- irruption — a breaking or bursting in; a violent incursion or invasion.
- 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
- isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- 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.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- 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
- lipotropy — the process of breaking down excess fat in the human body
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- 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.
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- monoprint — A form of printing on paper from a glass sheet to which oil paint has been applied; monotype.
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- multiport — Computers. having more than one port.
- n'importe — no matter
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- nonparity — the condition of having no parity; the state of not being equal
- nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
- nootropic — (medicine) Any substance purported to increase cognitive abilities.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- 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.
- optronics — Optoelectronics.
- orpington — one of a breed of large, white-skinned chickens.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.