9-letter words containing t, e, m, p, r
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- pia mater — the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater.
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- platemark — hallmark.
- potometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of water that a plant loses through transpiration, consisting of a sealed vessel of water with a cutting inserted in such a way that moisture can escape only through absorption and transpiration.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- preempted — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- preformat — to format in advance
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premarket — of the period before a product is available
- premature — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premiated — to grant a prize or an award to.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- premotion — a previous motion
- prescutum — the anterior dorsal sclerite of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- presummit — of the period prior to a summit
- pretermit — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- primitiae — the first fruits of the harvest
- primitive — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- prometric — in favour of the metric system
- prominent — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promotive — tending to promote.
- prompture — prompting
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- proteomic — relating to a proteome
- protoderm — a thin outer layer of the meristem in embryos and growing points of roots and stems, which gives rise to the epidermis.
- protonema — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
- proximate — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pyrometer — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- pyrometry — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
- re-import — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reattempt — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- recompact — to pack or join (something) closely together again
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- repigment — to (cause to) regain pigmentation
- reptilium — a building for the public exhibition of reptiles.