9-letter words containing p, r, o
- choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- chop mark — a notch or other mark made in a coin to indicate verification of its authenticity, especially by a banker or merchant in the Far East during the 18th or 19th centuries.
- choppered — Simple past tense and past participle of chopper.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- cleopatra — a yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, the male of which has its wings flushed with orange
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- co-parent — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- cockspurs — Plural form of cockspur.
- coleopter — an aircraft that has an annular wing with the fuselage and engine on the centre line
- collapsar — a collapsed star, either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole
- compacter — Comparative form of compact.
- compactor — a machine that compacts something, esp rubbish
- compadres — Plural form of compadre.
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companera — (in the southwestern U.S.) a female companion; friend.
- companero — (in the southwestern U.S.) a male companion or partner.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- compeered — an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
- compeller — to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
- compering — a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- compilers — Plural form of compiler.
- completer — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- compliers — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- comported — Simple past tense and past participle of comport.
- composers — Plural form of composer.
- composter — a bin or other container used to turn garden and kitchen waste into compost
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- compotier — a dish for holding compote
- comprador — (formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise
- comprendo — (slang) do you understand?.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprised — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprise.
- comprized — comprise.
- compromis — a formal document, executed in common by nations submitting a dispute to arbitration, that defines the matter at issue, the rules of procedure and the powers of the arbitral tribunal, and the principles for determining the award.
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- computron — (jargon) /kom'pyoo-tron"/ 1. A notional unit of computing power combining execution speed and storage capacity. E.g. "That machine can't run GNU Emacs, it doesn't have enough computrons!" 2. A mythical subatomic particle that carries computation or information, in much the same way that an electron carries electric charge (see also bogon).
- conceptor — a person who generates or conceives ideas or plans.
- conscript — A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
- conspirer — to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
- conspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire.
- contemper — to temper (something) by mixing with something of a different nature
- cooperage — the craft, place of work, or products of a cooper
- cooperate — If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- coopering — Present participle of cooper.
- cooperite — a mineral, sulfide and arsenide of platinum, occurring in igneous rocks in the form of steel-gray crystals.
- coopworth — a New Zealand and Australian breed of sheep derived from the Romney Marsh
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copartner — a partner or associate, esp an equal partner in business