9-letter words containing u, n, p, r
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petaurine — relating to a petaurist
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- picturing — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pituitrin — an aqueous extract of the pituitary glands of cattle which contains the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin
- plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- pour into — If you pour money or supplies into an activity or organization, or if it pours in, a lot of money or supplies are given in order to do the activity or help the organization.
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- pourpoint — a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prereturn — of the period before return
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- press run — the number of copies (of a book, newspaper, etc) printed during a continuous printing session
- presuming — presumptuous.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- print out — the state of being printed.
- print run — edition of book or newspaper
- print-out — the state of being printed.
- prisonous — resembling a prison
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- proconsul — an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
- procuring — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuncio — a papal ambassador in a country that does not grant the Pope's ambassador precedence over other ambassadors
- proudness — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- 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.
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- pull rank — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- pull-ring — a small piece of metal with a ring attached which is pulled to open cans of food, drink, etc
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant