9-letter words containing e, p, i, c, o
- phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pick over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- picocurie — a trillionth of a curie, which is a unit of radioactivity
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- piece out — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pine cone — the cone or strobile of a pine tree.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- pithecoid — belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys.
- pleiocene — Pliocene
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- pneumonic — of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- poeciliid — any small New World fish of the family Poeciliidae, of fresh or brackish tropical and temperate waters, including the mosquitofish, guppies, and mollies.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poeticize — to make (thoughts, feelings, etc.) poetic; express in poetry.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- poi dance — a women's formation dance that involves singing and manipulating a poi
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- polydemic — native to several countries or two or more regions.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- porcupine — any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America.
- poromeric — any of various microporous synthetic materials used as leather substitutes.
- porticoed — provided with a portico or porticoes.
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- preaction — the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.
- preatomic — of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.