9-letter words containing a, p, r, i
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- 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
- 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.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- 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
- 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
- bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
- bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
- boat trip — a trip in a boat
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- 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
- capillary — Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body.
- capitular — of or associated with a cathedral chapter
- 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.
- caprifigs — Plural form of caprifig.
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- capriform — resembling a goat
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- captainry — captainship
- captopril — an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure
- capturing — Present participle of capture.
- carpaccio — an Italian dish of thin slices of raw meat or fish
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- carpingly — In a carping manner.
- 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.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chaprassi — an office worker or doorman
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- 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.