9-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pastorate — the office or term of office of a pastor.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- peasouper — Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def 2).
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- peronista — Peronist.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- piroplasm — babesia.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- port arms — a position in military drill in which one's rifle is held diagonally in front of the body, with the muzzle pointing upward to the left.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- pot roast — a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- praecoces — a division of birds whose young are able to run when first hatched
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- preseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.