9-letter words containing a, p, i
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- ayia napa — a coastal resort in SE Cyprus. Pop: 9500 (2004 est)
- 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
- back pain — pain that is felt in the back
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backpiece — a tattoo on the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- baptizand — A person about to submit to baptism.
- baptizing — Present participle of baptize.
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- base pair — a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double-stranded RNA
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- bike path — A bike path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- 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
- bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
- 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.