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9-letter words containing pe

  • appenzell — a canton of NE Switzerland, divided in 1597 into the Protestant demicanton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes and the Catholic demicanton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes. Capitals: Herisau and Appenzell, respectively. Pop: 53 200 and Pop: 15 000 (2002 est) respectively. Areas: 243 sq km (94 sq miles) and 171 sq km (66 sq miles) respectively
  • appertain — to belong (to) as a part, function, right, etc; relate (to) or be connected (with)
  • appetence — a natural craving or desire
  • appetency — a strong desire; craving; appetite
  • appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
  • appetiser — Alternative spelling of appetizer.
  • appetites — Plural form of appetite.
  • appetized — Simple past tense and past participle of appetize.
  • appetizer — An appetizer is the first course of a meal. It consists of a small amount of food.
  • archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
  • arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
  • art paper — a high-quality type of paper having a smooth coating of china clay or similar substance on it
  • aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
  • aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
  • aspergill — An aspergillum.
  • aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
  • aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
  • aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
  • audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
  • auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
  • austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
  • autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
  • azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
  • b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
  • baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
  • backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
  • backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
  • bad paper — a less-than-honorable discharge from military service.
  • bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
  • bandshape — (physics) The shape (distribution of strengths with frequency) of a band of electromagnetic radiation.
  • barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
  • barkeeper — A barkeeper is someone who serves drinks behind a bar.
  • baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
  • barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
  • basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
  • beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
  • beekeeper — A beekeeper is a person who owns and takes care of bees.
  • bell rope — a rope attached to a bell
  • bespeckle — to mark with speckles
  • bipedally — in a bipedal manner
  • bishopess — a bishop's wife
  • bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
  • blow-pipe — a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
  • body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
  • bog paper — toilet paper
  • bold type — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in a dictionary
  • bookpaper — the paper used in printing books, especially when of superior quality.
  • borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
  • boxkeeper — an attendant responsible for theatre boxes
  • broomrape — any orobanchaceous plant of the genus Orobanche: brownish small-flowered leafless parasites on the roots of other plants, esp on legumes
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