9-letter words containing a, p, i, e
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- campodeid — any of various primitive and wingless insects of the genus Campodea
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- cap-a-pie — (dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- capitated — having a fixed upper limit
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
- captative — (linguistics) Describing a verb (in some languages) that has a specific ending or other marker to indicate a hunting or catching function.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- captivate — If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
- captively — In a captive manner.
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catheptic — of or relating to enzymes that catalyze autolysis in death or pathological conditions
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- cevapcici — a small rolled patty of ground meat, usually beef, seasoned with paprika and garlic, popular in Eastern Europe
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- cheapside — street and district of London; in the Middle Ages it was a marketplace
- chick-pea — Also called garbanzo. a widely cultivated plant, Cicer arietinum, of the legume family, bearing pods containing pealike seeds.