9-letter words containing a, p, r, e
- marchpane — marzipan.
- marked-up — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- martemper — (transitive) To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.
- md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- mispraise — to praise wrongly or mistakenly
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- mixer tap — a tap in which hot and cold water supplies have a joint outlet but are controlled separately
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- name-drop — mention famous person to impress
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- napierian — of, relating to, or formulated by John Napier.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonparent — a person who is not a parent
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- notepaper — writing paper, especially that used in writing notes or personal correspondence and usually less than 8½ × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm) in size.
- oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- on parade — on display
- on parole — If a prisoner is on parole, he or she is released before the official end of their prison sentence and will not be sent back to prison if their behaviour is good.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- opera hat — a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. Also called gibus. Compare beaver1 (def 4), silk hat, top hat.
- operagoer — a person who attends opera performances.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operating — used or engaged in performing operations: an operating surgeon.
- operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- operative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- operatize — to turn (a play, novel, etc) into an opera
- operators — Plural form of operator.
- operatory — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.