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9-letter words containing a, c, p, r, i, o

  • opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
  • operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
  • panoramic — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
  • pantropic — (especially of viruses) attracted to or affecting many types of body tissues.
  • parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
  • paranoiac — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
  • paratonic — (of a plant movement) occurring in response to an external stimulus
  • parecious — paroicous.
  • paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
  • parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • parodical — having or of the nature of a parody.
  • paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
  • paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • parotitic — of or relating to parotitis.
  • patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
  • pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
  • pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
  • pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
  • picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
  • pictogram — pictograph.
  • pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • piroxicam — a white crystalline solid substance, C 1 5 H 1 3 N 3 O 4 S, used in the symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders.
  • piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
  • placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
  • podgorica — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
  • porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • porogamic — pertaining to or designating porogamy
  • preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
  • preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
  • precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
  • precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • premosaic — of the period before Moses
  • privocrat — (esp in neo-conservative thought) a person who is not in favour of relinquishing individual freedoms in order to give the state more powers to combat terrorism
  • proaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
  • proactive — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • procacity — insolence
  • procambia — plant part in stem and root
  • prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
  • prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
  • prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
  • prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
  • rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • recaption — the taking back without violence of one's property or a member of one's family or household unlawfully in the possession or custody of another.
  • rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
  • saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
  • saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
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