9-letter words containing o, p, e
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- b complex — vitamin B (complex)
- bakeshops — Plural form of bakeshop.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- be pie on — to be keen on
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- beer pong — a drinking game in which players attempt to throw Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by their opponents
- bell rope — a rope attached to a bell
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- belt loop — a loop through which a belt is threaded
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bleep out — In a television or radio programme, when someone bleeps out an offensive word, they use an electronic device to make the sound of a bleep so that people cannot hear the word.
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids