9-letter words containing p, y, r, o, c
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypocracy — Misspelling of hypocrisy.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypocrisy — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- 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.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- macrocopy — an enlargement of printed material for easier reading
- microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- 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
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- poroscopy — a method for identifying people by the impression left by the pores of the finger(s)
- porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
- pothecary — apothecary.
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- preoccupy — to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
- procacity — insolence
- procerity — tallness
- procuracy — the office of a proctor or procurator.
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
- pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyroscope — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a heat source
- pyroxylic — resulting from the action of fire on wood
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- sporocyst — a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- upcountry — of, relating to, residing in, or situated in the interior of a region or country; inland.
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord