9-letter words containing e, n, t, r, p
- epicenter — The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicentra — epicentres
- epicentre — (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- epuration — purification
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- esperanto — Esperanto is an invented language which consists of parts of several European languages, and which was designed to help people from different countries communicate with each other.
- eton crop — a short mannish hairstyle worn by women in the 1920s
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- experient — A person who experiences something.
- exporting — Present participle of export.
- 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
- fingertip — the tip or end of a finger.
- forepoint — to predetermine or indicate in advance
- forespent — forspent.
- frontpage — Alternative spelling of front page.
- godparent — a godfather or godmother.
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- herceptin — a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the protein that can fuel tumour growth, used in the treatment of breast cancer
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- imprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of imprint.
- imprinter — a person or thing that imprints.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- integraph — integrator (def 2).
- intercept — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- interlisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- interpled — having instituted interpleader proceedings
- interpone — to interpose
- interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- n'importe — no matter
- negropont — Euboea.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)