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9-letter words containing p, a, e

  • balled up — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • bandshape — (physics) The shape (distribution of strengths with frequency) of a band of electromagnetic radiation.
  • bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
  • barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
  • barkeeper — A barkeeper is someone who serves drinks behind a bar.
  • 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
  • base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
  • base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
  • base pair — a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double-stranded RNA
  • base path — the prescribed course for a base runner on the field extending in designated areas between the bases.
  • baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
  • basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
  • basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
  • 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.
  • beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
  • beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
  • bear trap — snare to catch bears
  • beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
  • bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
  • bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
  • bedspread — A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
  • bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
  • bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
  • belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
  • 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.
  • bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
  • beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
  • bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
  • bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
  • betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
  • bethphage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
  • big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
  • bike path — A bike path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
  • bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
  • bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
  • bipedally — in a bipedal manner
  • bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
  • bit plane — (graphics)   (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
  • biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
  • bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
  • blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
  • blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
  • blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
  • bog paper — toilet paper
  • bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
  • bookpaper — the paper used in printing books, especially when of superior quality.
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