9-letter words containing c, a, n, p, e
- parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- patiences — a female given name.
- pecan pie — a sweet pie made with pecan nuts
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pectinate — formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- permeance — the act of permeating.
- pett scan — PET scan
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- phenacite — a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- placement — the act of placing.
- placename — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
- placental — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- placentia — a town in S California.
- pleasance — a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
- pleasence — Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His films include Dr Crippen (1962) and Cul de Sac (1966)
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- 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.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-enact — to enact beforehand
- pre-incan — of or relating to the period preceding the Incan empire in Peru.
- preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precancer — a condition that possesses a tendency to become malignant and develop into a cancer
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- premenace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- procreant — procreating or generating: a sufficiently procreant breed of fish; a procreant cause.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.