9-letter words containing t, o, g, r
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- patronage — the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- petrology — study of rocks
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- porterage — the work of a porter or carrier.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- pottering — putter1 .
- pottinger — an apothecary
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- profiting — 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.
- progamete — a cell that is the precursor of one ovum or many spermatozoa; a spermatocyte or oocyte.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prologist — a prologue writer or performer
- promoting — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- prompting — encouragement to act
- propagate — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prorating — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- protogine — a gneissose granite with sericite, found in the Alps
- pterygoid — wing-shaped
- pterygote — belonging or pertaining to the arthropod subclass Pterygota, comprising the winged insects.
- purgation — the act of purging.
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- rarotonga — one of the Cook Islands, in the S Pacific, 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).
- rationing — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ravigotte — a cold French sauce or dressing for salad containing mixed chopped herbs such as tarragon and chives
- recatalog — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- recosting — the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything: the high cost of a good meal.
- redingote — a dress or lightweight coat, usually belted, open along the entire front to reveal a dress or petticoat worn underneath it.
- reggaeton — a type of Puerto Rican popular music that combines reggae rhythms with hip-hop influences and includes rapping in Spanish
- regulator — a person or thing that regulates.
- remington — Eliphalet [ih-lif-uh-lit] /ɪˈlɪf ə lɪt/ (Show IPA), 1793–1861, U.S. arms manufacturer.
- reportage — the act or technique of reporting news.
- reporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- rerouting — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- resorting — to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- rethought — the act of reconsidering.
- retooling — to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- retorting — to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.