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9-letter words containing t, h, r, e

  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • over with — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
  • overcatch — to overtake
  • overdight — covered up
  • overhaste — excessive haste
  • overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
  • overlight — a strong light
  • overmatch — to be more than a match for; surpass; defeat: an assignment that clearly overmatched his abilities; an able task force that overmatched the enemy fleet.
  • overnight — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
  • overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
  • overshirt — a pullover sport shirt, worn outside the waistband of a skirt or pair of slacks.
  • overshoot — to shoot or go over, beyond, or above; miss: The missile overshot its target.
  • overshort — having little length; not long.
  • oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
  • overteach — to teach too much
  • overthick — too thick
  • overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
  • overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • overtight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
  • overwatch — to watch over.
  • par-three — of, relating to, or noting a small-scale golf course, usually having 18 holes of 150 yards (137 meters) in length from tee to cup on 7 to 40 acres (3 to 16 hectares) of land.
  • parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
  • parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
  • parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
  • parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
  • parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
  • parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
  • parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • pentarchy — a government by five persons.
  • perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite
  • petahertz — one quadrillion (10 15) hertz. Abbreviation: PHz.
  • petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
  • petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
  • phanerite — any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.
  • phrenetic — frenetic.
  • phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
  • pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
  • plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
  • polyether — a polymeric ether.
  • pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
  • porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
  • porthouse — a company that produces port
  • posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
  • pothecary — apothecary.
  • pothering — commotion; uproar.
  • potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
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