9-letter words containing t, e, n, a, r
- penetrant — a person or thing that penetrates.
- penetrate — to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- pentagram — a five-pointed, star-shaped figure made by extending the sides of a regular pentagon until they meet, used as an occult symbol by the Pythagoreans and later philosophers, by magicians, etc.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- perennate — to survive from season to season for an indefinite number of years.
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- perma-tan — a permanent year-round suntan
- permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- peronista — Peronist.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- pertained — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- petaurine — relating to a petaurist
- peter pan — the hero of Sir James M. Barrie's play about a boy who never grew up.
- petnapper — a person who steals a pet for ransom or for resale
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phanerite — any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- pintadera — a decorative stamp, usually made of clay, found in the Neolithic of the E Mediterranean and in many American cultures
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- pre-enact — to enact beforehand
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- predation — depredation; plundering.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- prepatent — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- prevalent — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- protamine — any of a group of arginine-rich, strongly basic proteins that are not coagulated by heat, occurring primarily in the sperm of fish.
- protanope — a person diagnosed with protanopia
- protonate — to provide an atom, molecule, or ion with a proton
- 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.
- 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.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quarterns — Plural form of quartern.
- rabatment — the act of rotating a plane to align it with another
- rabbeting — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- rabbinate — the office or term of office of a rabbi.
- rabbinite — a proponent of the Talmud and the teachings and traditions of the rabbis in the face of rejection by the Karaites.
- rack-rent — Also, rack rent. rent equal to or nearly equal to the full annual value of a property.