9-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- protruded — to project.
- proturkey — a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km): 286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe. Capital: Ankara.
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prove out — to show or be shown to be satisfactory, accurate, true, etc.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- pucker up — purse your lips to kiss sb
- puckerood — ruined; exhausted
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- puerperal — of or relating to a woman in childbirth.
- puerperia — periods of around six weeks following childbirths when uteruses return to their normal size and shape
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- pull over — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
- puppeteer — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pure land — a paradise believed by the followers of a Mahayana sect (Pure Land sect) to be ruled over by a Buddha (Amida) whose hope it is to bring all beings into it.
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.
- pure tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of a simple sinusoidal waveform
- pure-bred — of or relating to an animal, all of whose ancestors derive over many generations from a recognized breed.
- pureblood — an individual, especially an animal, whose ancestry consists of a single strain or type unmixed with any other.
- purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purgeable — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purported — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
- purpureal — having a purple colour
- purselike — resembling a purse
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.