9-letter words containing p, a, c, e
- archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backpiece — a tattoo on the back
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backspace — to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backswept — slanting backwards
- bad place — Midland and Southern U.S. hell.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
- beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cake shop — a shop that sells cakes
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camp oven — a metal pot or box with a heavy lid, used for baking over an open fire
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campeador — a champion
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campervan — (Australia, NZ, British) A vehicle that provides both transport and sleeping accommodation.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- campodean — a campodeid.
- campodeid — any of various primitive and wingless insects of the genus Campodea
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.