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9-letter words containing r, e, s, o, t, i

  • patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
  • peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
  • peronista — Peronist.
  • perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
  • pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
  • petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
  • petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
  • pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
  • pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
  • pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
  • pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
  • porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
  • portieres — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
  • posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
  • posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
  • posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
  • postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
  • postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
  • posturise — to posture; pose.
  • posturize — to posture; pose.
  • potteries — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
  • pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
  • profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
  • prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
  • radio set — an apparatus that receives radio signals
  • recordist — Also called sound recordist. Movies. the person in charge of sound recording on a film set. Compare mixer.
  • recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
  • redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
  • reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
  • relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
  • remoisten — to moisten again, to add new moisture to
  • repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
  • resection — Surveying. a technique of ascertaining the location of a point by taking bearings from the point on two other points of known location.
  • resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
  • resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
  • restation — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
  • restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
  • retorsion — retaliation or reprisal by one state identical or similar to an act by an offending state, such as high tariffs or discriminating duties.
  • retrusion — the act of moving a tooth backward.
  • rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
  • righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • roisterer — to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
  • rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
  • rosinante — the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
  • saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
  • sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
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