9-letter words containing e, p, i, c, o
- epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
- epsilonic — Relating to epsilonics.
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- exception — A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
- exophoric — Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- exotropic — (of an eye) turning outwards
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geophilic — soil-loving
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice piton — a type of piton designed for being driven into ice
- ice point — the temperature at which a mixture of ice and air-saturated water at a pressure of one atmosphere is in equilibrium, represented by 0°C and 32°F.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- impeticos — to put in a pocket
- impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- impotency — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- in pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- inception — beginning; start; commencement.
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
- isopectic — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to form at approximately the same period at the onset of winter.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- micropore — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- mock epic — a long, humorous poem written in mock-heroic style.
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.