9-letter words containing t, h, r, e
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- pratchett — Sir Terence (David John), known as Terry. (1948–2015), British writer, noted for his comic fantasy novels in the Discworld series
- pre-chart — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- pre-death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- preheater — an appliance used to preheat something
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- prettyish — quite pretty
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- pritchett — Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) [sawd-n] /ˈsɔd n/ (Show IPA), 1900–97, English literary critic, journalist, novelist, and short-story writer.
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- protheses — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- pyrethrin — Also called pyrethrin I. a viscous, water-insoluble liquid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 3 , extracted from pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide.
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- race hate — the hate of or bias against people of other races
- ranchette — a small-scale ranch, typically of only a few acres.
- rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
- ratcheted — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- ratherest — most readily, most willingly
- ratherish — fairly, moderately
- rebirther — a person who has undergone rebirthing
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- recharter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- red earth — a clayey zonal soil of tropical savanna lands, formed by extensive chemical weathering, coloured by iron compounds, and less strongly leached than laterite
- red heart — a treelike Californian shrub, Ceanothus spinosus, of the buckthorn family, having pale blue or white flowers.
- red light — traffic light indicating stop
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- red-light — Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
- red-short — brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.
- reheating — heating again.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- rehydrate — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- reichsrat — German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- rest home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rest-home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- restretch — to stretch again
- rethinker — a person who rethinks
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rethought — the act of reconsidering.
- retighten — to tighten again
- rheometer — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.