9-letter words containing e, p, i, c, o
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nonpoetic — not poetic
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- one piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- one-piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pectolite — a mineral, hydrous calcium sodium silicate, usually occurring in radiating groups of crystals in rock cavities.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pedagogic — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedocalic — of or relating to a pedocal
- pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
- pedologic — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- penticton — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- periscope — an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision, consisting essentially of a tube with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors and, usually, lenses: used especially in submarines.
- peroxidic — of the nature of a peroxide; containing a peroxide or constituting part of a peroxide group
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- petticoat — slip worn under a skirt
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.