9-Letter Words Starting With P

1. an executive officer of a firm or corporation

2. the chief executive of a republic

1. prepared and printed for distribution and sale

2. formally made public

1. involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians

2. of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power

1. the inherent capacity for coming into being

2. the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

1. a firm in the publishing business

2. a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music

1. an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

2. an integrated course of academic studies

1. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

1. (of books) having a flexible binding

2. a book with paper covers

1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

2. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

1. group of people willing to obey orders

2. the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

1. kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss

2. guarded from injury or destruction

1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

2. not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition

1. a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather

2. a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers

1. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

2. being actually such in almost every respect

1. the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

2. the educator who has executive authority for a school

1. a stipulated condition

2. the activity of supplying or providing something

1. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

2. act of raising in rank or position

1. divide into paragraphs, as of text

2. write about in a paragraph

1. fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable

1. the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

1. a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves

2. any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

1. a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

2. someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.)

1. the business of packing

2. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

1. a licensed medical practitioner

1. like better; value more highly

2. select as an alternative over another

1. for the most part

2. of primary import

1. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

2. a rule or standard especially of good behavior

1. consent to, give permission; permit

2. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

1. the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

2. contact established between applicants and prospective employees

1. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

2. the state of being polluted

1. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

1. subjected to a special process or treatment

2. freed from impurities by processing

1. a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

1. To digitally alter a photo

1. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

2. in a perfect or faultless way

1. a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings

1. an optical device for projecting a beam of light

2. an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen

1. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

1. the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

2. any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

1. ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic

1. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

1. to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

1. a person who brings an action in a court of law

1. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

2. (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

1. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water

1. detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues

2. detected by means of the senses

1. existing or coming before

2. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

1. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

2. conspicuous in position or importance

1. indicating exactness or preciseness

2. in a precise manner

1. a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

2. the quality of being open to public view

1. bestow a privilege upon

2. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

1. of or relating to the medical care of children

1. a standard or typical example

1. any of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant

2. a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer

1. an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

1. a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball

2. a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them

1. in the near future

2. at this time or period; now

1. showing possibility of achievement or excellence

2. likely to turn out well in the future

1. kept private or confined to those intimately concerned

2. by a private person or interest

1. prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

2. kept intact or in a particular condition

1. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

2. a remarkable development

1. an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

1. disadvantage by prejudice

2. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

1. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

1. relating to or affecting the lungs

1. the property of being close together

2. the region close around a person or thing

1. a person who cares for persons or property

1. a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership

2. a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself

1. a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

1. having superior power and influence

1. a salt of phosphoric acid

2. carbonated drink with fruit syrup and a little phosphoric acid

1. of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets

2. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

1. inspired by love for your country

1. too soon or too hasty

2. uncommonly early or before the expected time

1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

1. having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand

2. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

1. a person who buys

1. work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently

2. (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens

1. the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

2. the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

2. drawn out or made longer spatially

1. a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

1. furnished with inhabitants

1. someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.)

2. an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

1. continuing forever or indefinitely

2. uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

2. a line enclosing a plane areas

1. recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people

1. as from an altitude or distance

1. of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon

2. influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

2. skillful after much practice

1. a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics

2. large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated

1. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

2. a moralistic rebuke

1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

1. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

2. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal

1. of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas)

1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

2. a tooth situated at the back of the mouth

1. respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

1. issue commands or orders for

2. recommend as beneficial

1. most frequent or common

1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

1. not having a point especially a sharp point

2. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

1. an apartment located on the top floors of a building

1. pertaining to or consisting of pictures

2. a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula

2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

1. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

1. waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil

1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

2. a prediction of the course of a disease

1. spreading or spread throughout

1. given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments

2. apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing

1. represented graphically by sketch or design or lines

1. what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment

1. a person with specialized training who assists lawyers

1. plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of

1. of or concerning the theory of pragmatism

2. an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

1. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

2. come to understand

1. having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

1. the state of being plural

2. a large indefinite quantity

1. reproduce by xerography

2. a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work

1. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

2. information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

1. a member of a police force

1. a chronic skin disease characterized by dry red patches covered with scales; occurs especially on the scalp and ears and genitalia and the skin over bony prominences

1. jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

2. rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

1. a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas

2. a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together

1. of or relating to the pituitary gland

2. the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain

1. a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry

1. a scientist trained in physics

1. loss of the ability to move a body part

1. cause to move forward with force

2. give an incentive for action

1. having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

1. the state of being a father

2. the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

1. having the qualities or effects of a poison

2. not safe to eat

1. march in a procession in a public place

2. take a leisurely walk

1. conduct a prosecution in a court of law

2. bring a criminal action against (in a trial)

1. flesh of either quail or grouse

2. heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

1. a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239

1. unpleasantly

2. in or as if in pain

1. a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

1. a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

1. persuasion formulated as a suggestion

2. a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

1. relating to or caused by parasites

2. of or pertaining to epenthesis

1. support by being a patron of

2. be a regular customer or client of

1. existing in great number or quantity

2. affording an abundant supply

1. vulgar or irreverent speech or action

1. foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

1. a person afflicted with psychosis

2. characteristic of or suffering from psychosis

1. with patience; in a patient manner

1. (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed

1. transmit from one generation to the next

2. travel through the air

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

1. (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes

2. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

1. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

2. pronounce judgment on

1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

1. the outside boundary or surface of something

1. a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation

1. a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species

1. a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

1. occurring during the period around birth (5 months before and 1 month after)

1. a superior paper resembling sheepskin

2. skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on

1. beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money

2. a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area

1. a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines

1. title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

2. the male head of family or tribe

1. lacking power

1. skillful after much practice

1. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

1. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

2. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

1. resulting in punishment

2. characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

1. any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

1. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

1. a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

2. the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements

1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

2. migratory

1. resembling or expressed by parables

2. having the form of a parabola

1. adopted in order to deceive

1. an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

2. the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

1. deeply or seriously thoughtful

1. with intention; in an intentional manner

1. affected with paralysis

1. make public

2. call attention to

1. relating to or supported by or located in a parish

2. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

1. a temporary condition of torment or suffering

2. (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

1. careful in regard to your own interests

2. providing carefully for the future

1. correct or appropriate behavior

1. a leading instance in its field

2. a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

1. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

1. serving to purge or rid of sin

2. freeing from noxious matter

1. relating to the prostate gland

1. allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

1. occurring immediately after birth

1. a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

1. of or relating to or consisting of a polymer

1. common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature

1. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

1. all of the offspring of a given progenitor

2. all future generations

1. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis

1. relating to or involving money

1. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

1. measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking

1. the beneficiary of a pension fund

1. the act of indulging or gratifying a desire

2. gratifying tastes, appetites, or desires

1. any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

1. full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment

1. among the people

1. professing to be qualified

2. claimed with intent to deceive

1. a polymer containing repeated amide groups

1. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

2. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

1. maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol

1. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright

2. change into stone

1. a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration)

1. gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition

1. someone who publicizes

1. in a passive manner

1. a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes

2. a fabric with very thin stripes

1. closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects

2. very close in space or time

1. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

1. the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons

1. the state of being a parent

2. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

2. pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta

1. read for errors

1. acceptable to the taste or mind

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

1. a woman priest

1. the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

1. lift with a pitchfork

2. a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

1. maintain or assert

2. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

1. a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

2. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

1. small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes

2. a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant

1. the feeling that things will turn out badly

2. a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

1. small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts

2. nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel

1. (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance

2. (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster

1. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

1. a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)

1. get into a prostrate position, as in submission

2. render helpless or defenseless

1. resembling a pyramid

1. be persistent, refuse to stop

1. one thing at a time

2. a little bit at a time

1. the chief executive and political committee of the Communist Party

1. a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine

1. in an abundant manner

1. a period of time during which there is no war

1. a performance using gestures and body movements without words

2. act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only

1. an officer or crew member of a privateer

2. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation

1. having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons

1. (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature

2. covered with fine soft hairs or down

1. change from governmental to private control or ownership

1. an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat epilepsy and that is not a sedative

1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

2. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

1. adopting a vain conceited posture

1. through chance

2. by chance

1. the property of being extremely abundant

1. undergarment worn under a skirt

1. any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

2. orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe

1. a person who dissents from some established policy

2. someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

1. the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification

1. ride on someone's shoulders or back

2. haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars

1. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

1. teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)

1. visual imagery

2. visual representation as by photography or painting

1. a village council in India or southern Pakistan

1. of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism

2. exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism

1. the humanistic study of language and literature

1. call attention to

2. make public

1. of or relating to or resembling papilla

1. of or relating to the Protozoa

2. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

1. in a playful manner

1. an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector

1. of or relating to pedagogy

1. an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field

1. a person who owns something

1. a beneficial bacterium found in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals; often considered to be a plant

2. A dietary supplement containing live bacteria, usually taken after a course of antibiotics to replenish the damaged gastrointestinal flora.

1. music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments

1. a person of refined upbringing and manners

2. a member of the aristocracy

1. any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone

1. having a hole cut through

1. cause to suffer

1. the collection and study of postage stamps

1. transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat

1. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

1. a letter that has two or more pronunciations

1. tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation

1. the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative

2. submission to others or to outside influences

1. a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation

1. affecting or influenced by the human mind

2. outside the sphere of physical science

1. a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

1. inclined or disposed to peace

2. disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature

1. telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand

1. perfumes in general

2. store where perfumes are sold

1. in a prudent manner

1. tilling the land with a plow

1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

2. extreme stinginess

1. a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces

1. a very steep cliff

1. the class of peasants

1. perceiving the significance of events before they occur

1. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

2. a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity

1. in such a manner as to make something clearly evident

1. a person who expects the worst

1. another word for person; a person not meriting identification

2. a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

1. not having enough money to pay for necessities

1. European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads

2. any of several plants of the genus Anagallis

1. assume sponsorship of

2. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

1. a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion

1. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

1. expressing sorrow

1. slow and laborious because of weight

2. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

1. a church endowment

2. an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

1. (rare) worship that admits or tolerates all gods

2. the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena (taken or conceived of as a whole) or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God

1. an artifact designed to be played with

1. be overcome by a sudden fear

2. cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

1. a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture

2. a cook who preserves fruits or meat

1. a policeman who patrols a given region

1. the proportional limitation of production or distribution of something (e.g. crude oil or natural gas) to some fractional part of the total capacity of each producer

1. a rich and spectacular ceremony

2. an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes

1. decorate with panels

2. select from a list

1. disposed to pray or appearing to pray

1. one who operates puppets or marionettes

1. an angular or rounded shape made by folding

2. the act of folding in parallel folds

1. relating to or of the nature of paralysis

2. a person suffering from paralysis

1. large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage

1. a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score

1. a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt

1. someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)

1. a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)

1. a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time

2. a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature

1. someone who plays practical jokes on others

1. a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session

1. a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide

1. in a peaceable manner

1. a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together

1. fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns

1. any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues

1. a note or passage that is played pizzicato

2. (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger

1. of or involving dispute or controversy

1. power to influence or coerce

1. insert punctuation marks into

2. to stress, single out as important

1. have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

1. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

2. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

1. a B vitamin that is essential for metabolism of amino acids and starch