9-letter words containing c, a, p, e
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- pothecary — apothecary.
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- power mac — (computer) Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. The Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver 2002) was the first Power Mac to clock at 1 GHz. In mid-2003, the Power Mac G5 was released, the first Mac to be based on a 64-bit architecture. IBM manufactured the CPU for this new model. The clock speed was initially 1.6 GHz but a dual 2 GHz system was available in September. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Mac systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. The performance of these unmodified applications is equivalent to a fast 68040-based Macintosh, e.g. a fast Macintosh Quadra. The Power Mac runs Macintosh operating system from System 7.5 to Mac OS 8.5.
- practiced — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practicer — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praecoces — a division of birds whose young are able to run when first hatched
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- pratchett — Sir Terence (David John), known as Terry. (1948–2015), British writer, noted for his comic fantasy novels in the Discworld series
- pre-chart — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- 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.
- preaccuse — to accuse (someone of something) prior to the specified wrongdoing being committed or prior to having evidence of wrongdoing
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- 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.
- preactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- preadamic — occurring or existing before Adam
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- 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
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precharge — (storage) The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- 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.
- precrease — to provide (e.g. clothing, paper for origami) with a crease or creases in advance
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predicant — preaching: a predicant religious order.
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- premenace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- prepacked — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- preplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- prerectal — in front of the rectum
- presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- prevacate — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
- price tag — a label or tag that shows the price of the item to which it is attached.