9-letter words containing r, e, c, l
- overclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- overcloud — to overspread with or as if with clouds: a summer storm that briefly overclouds the sun; to overcloud one's pleasure with solemn thoughts.
- overcolor — (transitive) alternative spelling of overcolour.
- overscale — larger or more extensive than normal or usual; outsize; oversize.
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- paraclete — an advocate or intercessor.
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcelled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- perceable — pierceable
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
- pericycle — the outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-elect — to choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor. Antonyms: reject.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- preexilic — of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. b.c.)
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- preplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.