9-letter words containing p, r, o, y, l
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
- perorally — through or via the mouth
- petrology — study of rocks
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polyamory — the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polydorus — flourished 1st century b.c, Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- polymorph — Biology. an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- polyzoary — a colony of bryozoan animals
- popularly — by the people as a whole; generally; widely: a fictitious story popularly accepted as true.
- portrayal — the act of portraying.
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- prelusory — introductory.
- probingly — with a probing approach
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- prolixity — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- prolusory — serving for prolusion.
- propylene — containing the propylene group.
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prosopyle — (in sponges) a pore through which water is drawn from the outside into one of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
- pyrolatry — the worship of fire
- pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
- pyrolyzed — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyroxylic — resulting from the action of fire on wood
- pyroxylin — a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.
- re-employ — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- reposedly — in a settled or reposed fashion