9-letter words containing c, a, l, i, p, e
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- especiall — Obsolete form of especial.
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- explicate — Analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- incapable — not capable.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pedocalic — of or relating to a pedocal
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- piecemeal — piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
- pipe clay — a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery, for whitening leather, etc.
- pipe-clay — to whiten with pipe clay.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- placative — placatory.
- placekick — a kick made while the ball is in place, often held in place, on the ground, as in kicking off or in attempting a field goal
- placentia — a town in S California.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.