9-letter words containing a, p, r, i, o
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- 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
- boat trip — a trip in a boat
- capacitor — A capacitor is a device for accumulating electric charge.
- caparison — a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
- capriccio — a lively piece composed freely and without adhering to the rules for any specific musical form
- capricorn — Capricorn is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a goat. People who are born approximately between the 22nd of December and the 19th of January come under this sign.
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- capriform — resembling a goat
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- carpaccio — an Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- catoptric — the branch of optics dealing with the formation of images by mirrors.
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- comprisal — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- copatriot — a fellow patriot
- copraemia — a type of poisoning caused by faecal matter entering the bloodstream as a result of chronic constipation
- copraemic — of or relating to copraemia
- crorepati — (in India) a person whose assets are worth at least one crore or 10 million rupees
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diatropic — the tendency of some plant organs to take a transverse position to the line of action of an outside stimulus.
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epuration — purification
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- exophoria — (ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.
- exosporia — exospores
- exotropia — (medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.