9-letter words containing a, p, t, e, r, i
- extirpate — Root out and destroy completely.
- extripate — Misspelling of extirpate.
- extropian — Of, or relating to extropy.
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.
- grip tape — adhesive tape used for friction
- head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hippiater — (rare) A veterinarian specializing in horse care.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- overpaint — to cover over with paint
- p/e ratio — price-to-earnings ratio
- paediatry — the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- paintress — a female painter
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- panetiere — a small, decorative livery cupboard, made especially in Provence in the 18th century.
- papeterie — a box for holding stationery, especially an ornamental one.
- parenting — a father or a mother.
- pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
- pargeting — any of various plasters or roughcasts for covering walls or other surfaces, especially a mortar of lime, hair, and cow dung for lining chimney flues.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- part-time — employed to work, used, expected to function, etc., less than the usual or full time: a part-time clerk.
- parthenia — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- partitive — serving to divide into parts.