9-letter words containing P
Embark on an exploration of 9-letter words that contain the letter P. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate P within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| important | 13 | having authority or ascendancy or influence | an important official |
| president | 12 | the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | - |
| happening | 17 | an event that happens | - |
| apartment | 13 | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | - |
| professor | 14 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | - |
| apologize | 21 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | I apologized for being late |
| surprised | 12 | taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment | surprised by her student's ingenuity |
| operation | 11 | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) | it was a joint operation of the navy and air force |
| expensive | 21 | high in price or charging high prices | expensive clothes |
| happiness | 16 | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | - |
| political | 13 | involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians | calling a meeting is a political act in itself |
| perfectly | 19 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | a perfectly idiotic idea |
| expecting | 21 | - | - |
| disappear | 14 | cease to exist | - |
| inspector | 13 | an investigator who observes carefully | - |
| telephone | 14 | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | I talked to him on the telephone |
| newspaper | 16 | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher | when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
| desperate | 12 | fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | a desperate illness |
| champagne | 19 | a region of northeastern France | - |
| principal | 15 | the educator who has executive authority for a school | she sent unruly pupils to see the principal |
| kidnapped | 19 | - | - |
| equipment | 22 | an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service | - |
| potential | 11 | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | - |
| explosion | 18 | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | - |
| impressed | 14 | deeply or markedly affected or influenced | - |
| policeman | 15 | a member of a police force | - |
| developed | 16 | (used of societies) having high industrial development | developed countries |
| depressed | 13 | lower than previously | the market is depressed |
| interrupt | 11 | make a break in | We interrupt the program for the following messages |
| separated | 12 | being or feeling set or kept apart from others | thought of herself as alone and separated from the others |
| represent | 11 | perform (a play), especially on a stage | - |
| hopefully | 20 | with hope; in a hopeful manner | we searched hopefully for a good position |
| precisely | 16 | indicating exactness or preciseness | he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do |
| preparing | 14 | - | - |
| someplace | 15 | in or at or to some place | - |
| procedure | 14 | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | - |
| temporary | 16 | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis | - |
| protected | 14 | guarded from injury or destruction | - |
| spiritual | 11 | a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States | - |
| transport | 11 | the act of moving something from one location to another | - |
| reception | 13 | the act of receiving | - |
| promotion | 13 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | - |
| complaint | 15 | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense | - |
| published | 17 | formally made public | published accounts |
| completed | 16 | successfully completed or brought to an end | the completed project |
| suspected | 14 | believed likely | a suspected thief |
| practical | 15 | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | completely practical in his approach to business |
| permanent | 13 | a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals | - |
| corporate | 13 | done by or characteristic of individuals acting together | the corporate good |
| accompany | 20 | be present or associated with an event or entity | - |
| possessed | 12 | influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion | by love possessed |
| reporting | 12 | the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | - |
| principle | 15 | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | the principles of internal-combustion engines |
| paperwork | 20 | work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
| respected | 14 | receiving deferential regard | a respected family |
| cooperate | 13 | work together on a common enterprise of project | - |
| suspended | 13 | (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment | suspended matter such as silt or mud... |
| orphanage | 15 | a public institution for the care of orphans | - |
| autograph | 15 | mark with one's signature | The author autographed his book |
| operating | 12 | being in effect or operation | the company had several operating divisions |
| personnel | 11 | group of people willing to obey orders | - |
| exception | 20 | a deliberate act of omission | with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news |
| passenger | 12 | a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it | - |
| apologise | 12 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | - |
| pregnancy | 17 | the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | - |
| publicity | 18 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | - |
| companion | 15 | a traveler who accompanies you | - |
| spreading | 13 | process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | - |
| attempted | 14 | tried unsuccessfully | attempted murder |
| programme | 16 | an integrated course of academic studies | - |
| collapsed | 14 | - | - |
| therapist | 14 | a person skilled in a particular type of therapy | - |
| specially | 16 | to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | an especially (or specially) cautious approach to the danger |
| supported | 14 | held up or having the weight borne especially from below | supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends |
| privilege | 15 | bestow a privilege upon | - |
| perimeter | 13 | the size of something as given by the distance around it | - |
| landscape | 14 | a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery | - |
| promising | 14 | likely to turn out well in the future | the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career |
| departure | 12 | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | - |
| appointed | 14 | fixed or established especially by order or command | at the time appointed (or the appointed time) |
| primitive | 16 | a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization | - |
| explosive | 21 | liable to lead to sudden change or violence | an explosive issue |
| suspicion | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| pretended | 13 | adopted in order to deceive | a pretended interest |
| cellphone | 16 | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | - |
| pronounce | 13 | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | She pronounces French words in a funny way |
| specialty | 16 | an asset of special worth or utility | - |
| spaghetti | 15 | pasta in the form of long strings | - |
| repeating | 12 | the act of doing or performing again | - |
| accepting | 16 | tolerating without protest | always more accepting of coaching suggestion than her teammates |
| preferred | 15 | preferred above all others and treated with partiality | - |
| probation | 13 | a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself | - |
| superstar | 11 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | - |
| pointless | 11 | not having a point especially a sharp point | my pencils are all pointless |
| producing | 15 | - | - |
| publisher | 16 | a firm in the publishing business | - |
| carpenter | 13 | a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects | - |
| psychotic | 21 | a person afflicted with psychosis | - |
| stupidity | 15 | a stupid mistake | - |
| poisoning | 12 | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance | - |
| poisonous | 11 | having the qualities or effects of a poison | - |
| splitting | 12 | resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree | - |
| prettiest | 11 | - | - |
| expressed | 19 | precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication | - |
| practiced | 16 | skillful after much practice | - |
| physician | 19 | a licensed medical practitioner | - |
| impatient | 13 | (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | impatient to begin |
| parachute | 16 | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | - |
| paralyzed | 24 | affected with paralysis | - |
| competing | 16 | - | - |
| priceless | 13 | having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth | - |
| spaceship | 18 | a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | - |
| superhero | 14 | - | - |
| providing | 16 | - | - |
| incapable | 15 | not meeting requirements | - |
| telescope | 13 | a magnifier of images of distant objects | - |
| preserved | 15 | kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
| penetrate | 11 | enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | - |
| kidnapper | 18 | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | - |
| pollution | 11 | the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors | - |
| privately | 17 | kept private or confined to those intimately concerned | it was discussed privately between the two men |
| hypocrite | 19 | 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 | - |
| upsetting | 12 | causing an emotional disturbance | an upsetting experience |
| dumplings | 15 | small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough | - |
| expertise | 18 | skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | - |
| fireplace | 16 | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it |
| sculpture | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
| pineapple | 15 | a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics | - |
| punishing | 15 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | set a punishing pace |
| processed | 14 | freed from impurities by processing | - |
| inspiring | 12 | stimulating or exalting to the spirit | - |
| exploring | 19 | - | - |
| exploding | 20 | - | - |
| videotape | 15 | record on videotape | - |
| pneumonia | 13 | respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants | - |
| deception | 14 | a misleading falsehood | - |
| dependent | 13 | held from above and hanging down | - |
| spectacle | 15 | a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself | - |
| typically | 19 | in a typical manner | Tom was typically hostile |
| protector | 13 | a person who cares for persons or property | - |
| interpret | 11 | make sense of; assign a meaning to | How do you interpret his behavior? |
| appearing | 14 | formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action | - |
| offspring | 18 | any immature animal | - |
| horoscope | 16 | a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place | - |
| patriotic | 13 | inspired by love for your country | - |
| spotlight | 15 | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | - |
| prejudice | 21 | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | - |
| replacing | 14 | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | replacing the star will not be easy |
| penthouse | 14 | an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
| improving | 17 | getting higher or more vigorous | an improving economy |
| intercept | 13 | tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | - |
| whispered | 18 | spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords | a long whispered conversation |
| precision | 13 | the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance | note the meticulous precision of his measurements |
| proposing | 14 | - | - |
| prototype | 16 | a standard or typical example | he is the prototype of good breeding |
| operative | 14 | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government | - |
| sparkling | 16 | used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | sparkling wines |
| premature | 13 | too soon or too hasty | a premature judgment |
| prominent | 13 | conspicuous in position or importance | a prominent citizen |
| ownership | 17 | the act of having and controlling property | - |
| preaching | 17 | an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | - |
| powerless | 14 | lacking power | - |
| perverted | 15 | having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | a perverted translation of the poem |
| exploited | 19 | (of persons) taken advantage of | - |
| improvise | 16 | perform without preparation | - |
| geography | 19 | study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | - |
| component | 15 | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system | spare components for cars |
| portfolio | 14 | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather | he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio |
| raspberry | 16 | a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | - |
| corrupted | 14 | containing errors or alterations | spoke a corrupted version of the language |
| emptiness | 13 | an empty area or space | the emptiness of outer space |
| promoting | 14 | - | - |
| comparing | 16 | the act of examining resemblances | - |
| peninsula | 11 | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
| expansion | 18 | adding information or detail | - |
| appealing | 14 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
| wallpaper | 16 | cover with wallpaper | - |
| postponed | 14 | - | - |
| performer | 16 | an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | - |
| phenomena | 16 | - | - |
| paparazzi | 31 | - | - |
| impulsive | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | - |
| competent | 15 | adequate, but not outstanding or exceptional | a competent performance |
| cleopatra | 13 | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) | - |
| appalling | 14 | causing consternation | appalling conditions |
| oppressed | 14 | burdened psychologically or mentally | oppressed by a sense of failure |
| separates | 11 | - | - |
| plaintiff | 17 | a person who brings an action in a court of law | - |
| reproduce | 14 | repeat after memorization | - |
| paragraph | 17 | divide into paragraphs, as of text | This story is well paragraphed |
| scapegoat | 14 | someone who is punished for the errors of others | - |
| primarily | 16 | of primary import | this is primarily a question of economics |
| compelled | 16 | - | - |
| presently | 14 | at this time or period; now | he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations |
| perpetual | 13 | uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy |
| physicist | 19 | a scientist trained in physics | - |
| blasphemy | 21 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | - |
| sleepless | 11 | always watchful | - |
| sophomore | 16 | used of the second year in United States high school or college | the sophomore class |
| prescribe | 15 | issue commands or orders for | - |
| hypocrisy | 22 | an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | - |
| footprint | 14 | a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window |
| biography | 20 | an account of the series of events making up a person's life | - |
| municipal | 15 | of or relating to the government of a municipality | international law...only authorizes a belligerent to punish a spy under its municipal law |
| paramount | 13 | having superior power and influence | - |
| partially | 14 | to some extent; in some degree; not wholly | He was partially paralyzed |
| workplace | 20 | a place where work is done | - |
| projector | 20 | an optical device for projecting a beam of light | - |
| gunpowder | 16 | a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks | - |
| overslept | 14 | - | - |
| scripture | 13 | the sacred writings of the Christian religions | - |
| telegraph | 15 | send cables, wires, or telegrams | - |
| purgatory | 15 | a temporary condition of torment or suffering | a purgatory of drug abuse |
| prosecute | 13 | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | - |
| perceived | 17 | detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues | a perceived threat |
| duplicate | 14 | being two identical | - |
| supervise | 14 | watch and direct | - |
| stripping | 14 | the removal of covering | - |
| porcelain | 13 | ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic | - |
| provoking | 19 | causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | a provoking delay at the airport |
| misplaced | 16 | lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | misplaced tickets |
| paralysis | 14 | loss of the ability to move a body part | - |
| splashing | 15 | the act of scattering water about haphazardly | - |
| psychosis | 19 | any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted | - |
| repressed | 12 | characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions | repressed rage turned his face scarlet |
| patiently | 14 | with patience; in a patient manner | he patiently played with the child |
| spiderman | 14 | - | - |
| spokesman | 17 | a male spokesperson | - |
| displayed | 16 | - | - |
| capturing | 14 | - | - |
| apparatus | 13 | equipment designed to serve a specific function | - |
| repulsive | 14 | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | a repulsive mask |
| perfected | 17 | (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed | a graceful but not yet fully perfected literary style |
| pedophile | 17 | an adult who is sexually attracted to children | - |
| petrified | 15 | - | - |
| aphrodite | 15 | goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus | - |
| implement | 15 | pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue | He implemented a new economic plan |
| epileptic | 15 | a person who has epilepsy | - |
| captivity | 19 | the state of being imprisoned | he was held in captivity until he died |
| plutonium | 13 | 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 | - |
| penniless | 11 | not having enough money to pay for necessities | - |
| emphasize | 25 | to stress, single out as important | Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet |
| packaging | 19 | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | the packaging of new ideas |
| purposely | 16 | with intention; in an intentional manner | - |
| copyright | 20 | a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work | - |
| willpower | 17 | the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | - |
| sleepover | 14 | an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
| speculate | 13 | invest at a risk | - |
| placement | 15 | the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | the placement of the chairs |
| polishing | 15 | the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing |
| pestering | 12 | causing irritation or annoyance | swarms of pestering gnats |
| imperfect | 18 | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | - |
| galapagos | 13 | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life | - |
| buttercup | 15 | any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | - |
| painfully | 17 | in or as if in pain | she moved painfully forward |
| priestess | 11 | a woman priest | - |
| proximity | 23 | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit | - |
| hepatitis | 14 | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | - |
| exemplary | 23 | being or serving as an illustration of a type | an action exemplary of his conduct |
| petroleum | 13 | a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons | - |
| menopause | 13 | the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | - |
| skeptical | 17 | marked by or given to doubt | a skeptical attitude |
| planetary | 14 | of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets | planetary motion |
| implanted | 14 | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | implanted convictions |
| appetizer | 22 | food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | - |
| parenting | 12 | - | - |
| precedent | 14 | (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | - |
| firepower | 17 | (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
| viewpoint | 17 | a place from which something can be viewed | - |
| saxophone | 21 | a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | - |
| plastered | 12 | very drunk | - |
| prolonged | 13 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | a prolonged and bitter struggle |
| patronize | 20 | be a regular customer or client of | We patronize this store |
| potassium | 13 | 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 | - |
| populated | 14 | furnished with inhabitants | the area is well populated |
| propeller | 13 | a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water | - |
| developer | 15 | photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film | - |
| aeroplane | 11 | an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | - |
| paramedic | 16 | a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment | - |
| punctured | 14 | having a hole cut through | a punctured balloon |
| photocopy | 21 | reproduce by xerography | - |
| diplomacy | 19 | wisdom in the management of public affairs | - |
| supposing | 14 | - | - |
| portrayed | 15 | represented graphically by sketch or design or lines | - |
| espionage | 12 | the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets | - |
| paralysed | 15 | - | - |
| shipwreck | 23 | an accident that destroys a ship at sea | - |
| pressured | 12 | - | - |
| projected | 21 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | massive projected buttresses |
| pepperoni | 15 | a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage) | - |
| davenport | 15 | a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island | - |
| simpleton | 13 | a person lacking intelligence or common sense | - |
| unpopular | 13 | regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval | unpopular ideas |
| supporter | 13 | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | - |
| pesticide | 14 | a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects) | - |
| supplying | 17 | the activity of supplying or providing something | - |
| blueprint | 13 | something intended as a guide for making something else | a blueprint for a house |
| supernova | 14 | a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process | - |
| plausible | 13 | apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing | a plausible excuse |
| gossiping | 13 | a conversation that spreads personal information about other people | - |
| toothpick | 20 | pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth | - |
| presenter | 11 | person who makes a gift of property | - |
| provision | 14 | supply with provisions | - |
| courtship | 16 | a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage) | its was a brief and intense courtship |
| composite | 15 | considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers | - |
| palanquin | 20 | a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers | - |
| spectator | 13 | a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel | - |
| piggyback | 24 | on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | she carried her child piggyback |
| polygraph | 20 | a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration) | - |
| hypnotize | 26 | induce hypnosis in | - |
| plentiful | 14 | producing in abundance | a plentiful year |
| pathology | 18 | any deviation from a healthy or normal condition | - |
| sharpened | 15 | having the point made sharp | a sharpened pencil |
| spineless | 11 | weak in willpower, courage or vitality | - |
| pistachio | 16 | nut of Mediterranean trees having an edible green kernel | - |
| processor | 13 | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | - |
| pulmonary | 16 | relating to or affecting the lungs | pulmonary disease |
| publicist | 15 | someone who publicizes | - |
| impending | 15 | close in time; about to occur | his impending retirement |
| deceptive | 17 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | deceptive calm |
| disrupted | 13 | marked by breaks or gaps | many routes are unsafe or disrupted |
| displaced | 15 | - | - |
| expulsion | 18 | the act of forcing out someone or something | the child's expulsion from school |
| diaphragm | 18 | a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | - |
| computing | 16 | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods | - |
| paintball | 13 | a capsule filled with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in playing the game of paintball | - |
| scrapbook | 19 | an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted | - |
| repugnant | 12 | offensive to the mind | morally repugnant customs |
| foolproof | 17 | not liable to failure | a foolproof identification system |
| pantyhose | 17 | a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings | - |
| practised | 14 | skillful after much practice | - |
| profiling | 15 | 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 | - |
| asparagus | 12 | plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable | - |
| paternity | 14 | the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | - |
| partition | 11 | divide into parts, pieces, or sections | The Arab peninsula was partitioned by the British |
| impotence | 15 | an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | - |
| partridge | 13 | heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | - |
| recipient | 13 | a person who receives something | - |
| persevere | 14 | be persistent, refuse to stop | - |
| evaporate | 14 | become less intense and fade away gradually | her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
| apprehend | 17 | take into custody | - |
| prognosis | 12 | a prediction of the course of a disease | - |
| dispersed | 13 | distributed or spread over a considerable extent | has ties with many widely dispersed friends |
| droppings | 15 | fecal matter of animals | - |
| chaperone | 16 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | - |
| overpower | 17 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | - |
| parchment | 18 | skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | - |
| sportsman | 13 | someone who engages in sports | - |
| tampering | 14 | the act of altering something secretly or improperly | - |
| telepathy | 17 | apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions | - |
| posterity | 14 | all of the offspring of a given progenitor | we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity |
| pseudonym | 17 | a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | - |
| replicate | 13 | make or do or perform again | He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick |
| sociopath | 16 | someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') | - |
| sphincter | 16 | a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening | - |
| conspired | 14 | - | - |
| applicant | 15 | a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | - |
| promenade | 14 | a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year | - |
| exemption | 20 | immunity from an obligation or duty | - |
| stopwatch | 19 | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) | - |
| supremacy | 18 | power to dominate or defeat | - |
| precipice | 17 | a very steep cliff | - |
| reprimand | 14 | censure severely or angrily | - |
| repellent | 11 | serving or tending to repel | I find his obsequiousness repellent |
| galloping | 13 | - | - |
| autopilot | 11 | a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness | she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot |
| amputated | 14 | - | - |
| implicate | 15 | impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | - |
| euphemism | 18 | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
| sprinkles | 15 | bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream | - |
| playhouse | 17 | plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | - |
| preschool | 16 | an educational institution for children too young for elementary school | - |
| receptive | 16 | ready or willing to receive favorably | receptive to the proposals |
| perchance | 18 | by chance | - |
| pacemaker | 19 | a horse used to set the pace in racing | - |
| persecute | 13 | cause to suffer | Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries |
| impartial | 13 | free from undue bias or preconceived opinions | the impartial eye of a scientist |
| composing | 16 | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole | - |
| whirlpool | 17 | flow in a circular current, of liquids | - |
| splinters | 11 | wood in small pieces or splinters | - |
| reprogram | 14 | - | - |
| grappling | 15 | the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | - |
| depravity | 18 | a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice | - |
| appliance | 15 | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | - |
| archetype | 19 | something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies | - |
| worshiped | 18 | - | - |
| unplugged | 14 | - | - |
| vaporized | 24 | converted into a gas or vapor | - |
| plundered | 13 | wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value | people returned to the plundered village |
| predatory | 15 | characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | predatory warfare |
| recapture | 13 | capture again | recapture the escaped prisoner |
| repayment | 16 | the act of returning money received previously | - |
| importing | 14 | the commercial activity of buying and bringing in goods from a foreign country | - |
| eavesdrop | 15 | listen without the speaker's knowledge | the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations |
| empowered | 17 | invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter | - |
| sceptical | 15 | marked by or given to doubt | - |
| strapping | 14 | muscular and heavily built | a strapping boy of eighteen |
| profanity | 17 | vulgar or irreverent speech or action | - |
| repairman | 13 | a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | - |
| pheromone | 16 | a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species | - |
| symposium | 18 | a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations | - |
| tripitaka | 15 | - | - |
| pertinent | 11 | being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | - |
| opportune | 13 | suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose | an opportune place to make camp |
| pigheaded | 17 | obstinate and stupid | - |
| picturing | 14 | visual imagery | - |
| porcupine | 15 | relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | - |
| proactive | 16 | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently | proactive inhibition |
| quadruple | 21 | four times as great or many | - |
| pentagram | 14 | a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | - |
| uplifting | 15 | the rise of something | the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky |
| pragmatic | 16 | concerned with practical matters | a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem |
| expressly | 21 | with specific intentions; for the express purpose | she needs the money expressly for her patients |
| amplifier | 16 | electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | - |
| outspoken | 15 | given to expressing yourself freely or insistently | outspoken in their opposition to segregation |
| unhappily | 19 | in an unfortunate way | - |
| periscope | 15 | an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field | - |
| grapevine | 15 | gossip spread by spoken communication | - |
| epicenter | 13 | the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | - |
| patronage | 12 | a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | - |
| patriarch | 16 | the male head of family or tribe | - |
| specified | 17 | clearly and explicitly stated | meals are at specified times |
| sprinkler | 15 | mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden | - |
| portrayal | 14 | representation by drawing or painting etc | - |
| crippling | 16 | that cripples or disables or incapacitates | a crippling injury |
| composure | 15 | steadiness of mind under stress | he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity |
| comprised | 16 | - | - |
| carpentry | 16 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
| splendour | 12 | a quality that outshines the usual | - |
| pipsqueak | 26 | - | - |
| polluting | 12 | - | - |
| plaything | 18 | an artifact designed to be played with | - |
| preserves | 14 | fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | - |
| preceding | 15 | of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | - |
| replenish | 14 | fill something that had previously been emptied | - |
| impetuous | 13 | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | an impetuous display of spending and gambling |
| implosion | 13 | a sudden inward collapse | the implosion of a light bulb |
| emphysema | 21 | an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age | - |
| microchip | 20 | electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit | - |
| puppeteer | 15 | one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
| hypnotist | 17 | a person who induces hypnosis | - |
| flowerpot | 17 | a container in which plants are cultivated | - |
| parasitic | 13 | of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses |
| megaphone | 17 | a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice | - |
| tightrope | 15 | tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground | - |
| polyester | 14 | a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer | - |
| pessimist | 13 | a person who expects the worst | - |
| empirical | 15 | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory | an empirical basis for an ethical theory |
| bedspread | 15 | decorative cover for a bed | - |
| adaptable | 14 | capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use | to succeed one must be adaptable |
| shortstop | 14 | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | - |
| pinkerton | 15 | - | - |
| pondering | 13 | deeply or seriously thoughtful | - |
| empathize | 25 | be understanding of | - |
| apartheid | 15 | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa | - |
| aerospace | 13 | the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole | - |
| occipital | 15 | of or relating to the occiput | occipital bone |
| propelled | 14 | - | - |
| impromptu | 17 | with little or no preparation or forethought | an impromptu speech |
| depiction | 14 | representation by drawing or painting etc | - |
| ephemeral | 16 | lasting a very short time | the ephemeral joys of childhood |
| pampering | 16 | the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | - |
| prophetic | 18 | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention | prophetic writings |
| propriety | 16 | correct or appropriate behavior | - |
| procreate | 13 | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | The Bible tells people to procreate |
| pendragon | 13 | the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | - |
| blaspheme | 18 | utter obscenities or profanities | - |
| bootstrap | 13 | a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on | - |
| centipede | 14 | chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors | - |
| springing | 13 | - | - |
| trampling | 14 | the sound of heavy treading or stomping | - |
| swordplay | 18 | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully | - |
| perplexed | 21 | full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment | perplexed language |
| expelling | 19 | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | - |
| appraised | 14 | - | - |
| upgrading | 14 | - | - |
| profusely | 17 | in an abundant manner | he thanked her profusely |
| prostrate | 11 | get into a prostrate position, as in submission | - |
| dissipate | 12 | spend frivolously and unwisely | - |
| fireproof | 17 | impervious to damage by fire | - |
| amplified | 17 | - | - |
| whisperer | 17 | one who speaks in a whisper | - |
| pirouette | 11 | (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) | - |
| ploughing | 16 | tilling the land with a plow | - |
| prankster | 15 | someone who plays practical jokes on others | - |
| purifying | 18 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
| reputable | 13 | having a good reputation | a reputable business |
| pensioner | 11 | the beneficiary of a pension fund | - |
| pervasive | 17 | spreading or spread throughout | the pervasive odor of garlic |
| inception | 13 | an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | - |
| impudence | 16 | an impudent statement | - |
| innkeeper | 15 | the owner or manager of an inn | - |
| amphibian | 18 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | - |
| multiplex | 20 | many and varied; having many features or forms | the multiplex opportunities in high technology |
| pantomime | 15 | a performance using gestures and body movements without words | - |
| paralegal | 12 | a person with specialized training who assists lawyers | - |
| playfully | 20 | in a playful manner | she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully |
| precursor | 13 | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | - |
| penalized | 21 | - | - |
| dispenser | 12 | a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts | - |
