9-letter words containing pr
- imprisons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprison.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- impromptu — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- improving — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- improviso — (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- improvize — Alternative spelling of improvise.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2
- isopropyl — containing the isopropyl group.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leprosery — a hospital for leprosy sufferers
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- lm-prolog — Lisp Machine Prolog. A Prolog interpreter in Zetalisp for the Lisp Machine developed by Ken Kahn and Mats Carlsson in 1983.
- low-proof — low in alcohol content
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- mid-price — at a medium or average price; not particularly expensive nor particularly cheap
- midpriced — Alternative spelling of mid-priced.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- mispraise — to praise wrongly or mistakenly
- mispriced — Simple past tense and past participle of misprice.
- misprices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misprice.
- misprints — Plural form of misprint.
- misprison — Misconstruction of misprision.
- misprized — Simple past tense and past participle of misprize.
- misprizer — a despiser or scorner
- misprizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misprize.
- monoprint — A form of printing on paper from a glass sheet to which oil paint has been applied; monotype.
- moonprobe — an information-gathering spacecraft designed to pass close by or land on the lunar surface.
- mothproof — resistant to attack by moths.
- mu-prolog — (language) Prolog with "wait" declarations for coroutining, developed by L. Naish of the Univeristy of Melbourne in 1982.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- newsprint — a low-grade, machine-finished paper made from wood pulp and a small percentage of sulfite pulp, used chiefly for newspapers.
- non pros. — non prosequitur
- nonprofit — not established for the purpose of making a profit; not entered into for money: a nonprofit institution.
- nonproven — not proven, not tried and tested
- nu-prolog — L. Naish, U Melbourne. A Prolog with 'when' declarations, the successor to MU-Prolog. Type-checked. "NU-Prolog Reference Manual - Version 1.3", J.A. Thom et al eds, TR 86/10, U Melbourne (1988). Available (but not free). (See PNU-Prolog). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- offspring — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
- oppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppress.
- oppressor — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching