9-letter words containing p, y, o, r
- nonparity — the condition of having no parity; the state of not being equal
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- operatory — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- orography — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
- orphreyed — embroidered with gold
- orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
- overapply — To apply to excess.
- overhappy — too happy
- oviparity — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- pay board — a former government agency that controlled prices and wages
- pay offer — an offer of a certain amount of wages or salary
- payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
- payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
- 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
- pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
- 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
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petrology — study of rocks
- pharyngo- — pharynx
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- phytotron — a building in which plants can be grown on a large scale, under controlled conditions
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- 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
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- 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.