9-letter words containing c, i, p, a
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- appentice — penthouse (def 4).
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
- applicate — applied practicably
- apreciate — Misspelling of appreciate.
- archicarp — a female reproductive structure in ascomycetous fungi that consists of a cell or hypha and develops into the ascogonium
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- back pain — pain that is felt in the back
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backpiece — a tattoo on the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cacotopia — a dystopia
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- call slip — a form for requesting a library book by title and call number
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campaigns — Plural form of campaign.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.