9-letter words containing p, r, o, t, e, c
- fort peck — a dam on the Missouri River in NE Montana.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- 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.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- 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.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- patercove — a fraudulent priest
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- perfector — a person who completes or makes something perfect
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
- 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.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- pothecary — apothecary.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- 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.
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- precentor — a person who leads a church choir or congregation in singing.
- preceptor — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predictor — a person or thing that predicts.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- princeton — a borough in central New Jersey: battle 1777.
- proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procerity — tallness
- procident — relating to a prolapse