9-letter words containing r, a, n, c
- on camera — a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
- one-acter — a short play consisting of one act.
- one-track — having only one track.
- ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- ostracean — a member of the family formerly called Ostracea
- overclean — too clean
- packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
- panda car — a small patrol car used by the police.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- paricutin — a volcano in W central Mexico: formed by an eruption 1943–52. 8200 feet (2500 meters).
- patrician — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- permeance — the act of permeating.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-enact — to enact beforehand
- pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- premenace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- principia — a principle.
- printback — an enlarged print from a microfilm copy.