9-letter words containing a, n, e, p, i
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- bioparent — a biological parent
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- 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.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- 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
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- 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
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- compagnie — company.
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- companies — Plural form of company.
- compazine — a tranquilizing drug, C28H32ClN3O8S, used to control serious nausea or vomiting and to reduce anxiety
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- copataine — (of a hat) high-crowned
- crepitant — to make a crackling sound; crackle.
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- dampening — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- delphinia — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- departing — to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
- deplaning — Present participle of deplane.
- depraving — Present participle of deprave.
- diapensia — An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.
- diapering — Present participle of diaper.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- drainpipe — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- emplacing — Present participle of emplace.
- emptional — Capable of being purchased.
- enalapril — An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure.
- encamping — Present participle of encamp.
- enplaning — Present participle of enplane.
- epaenetic — eulogistic
- ephesians — a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians), containing an exposition of the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ