9-letter words containing p, c, e
- ecphoneme — (obsolete) A symbol, !, comprising a vertical line and a dot below, signifying the end of a sentence that is an exclamation.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectophyte — a parasitic plant growing on an animal or another plant.
- ectoplasm — Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm.
- ectoproct — bryozoan; formerly, one of two broad types of bryozoan.
- ectropion — A condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outward away from the eyeball.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- empaestic — embossed
- emperical — Misspelling of empirical.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- empirical — Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
- emplacing — Present participle of emplace.
- emplastic — adhesive
- emplecton — a type of masonry filled with rubbish
- empty cow — a cow that does not produce calves during the breeding season
- encamping — Present participle of encamp.
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- encephala — Plural form of encephalon.
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- enclasped — Simple past tense and past participle of enclasp.
- encolpion — a religious symbol worn on the breast
- encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
- encrypted — Being in code; having been encrypted.
- encrypter — A thing, such as an algorithm, a program, or a device, that encrypts.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- endoproct — entoproct
- endoscope — An instrument that can be introduced into the body to give a view of its internal parts.
- endoscopy — (medicine) the examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
- engyscope — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a microscope
- entoproct — (zoology) Any member of the Entoprocta, a phylum of mostly sessile aquatic animals.
- entoptics — the study of entoptic visions
- epaenetic — eulogistic
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epedaphic — of or relating to atmospheric conditions
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.
- epic-like — resembling or reminiscent of an epic
- epicardia — Plural form of epicardium.
- epicedial — funereal
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- epicenter — The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicentra — epicentres
- epicentre — (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- epiclesis — The part of the Eucharistic prayer in which the presence of the Holy Spirit is invoked to bless the elements or the communicants.
- epicormic — (of a shoot or branch) growing from a previously dormant bud on the trunk or a limb of a tree.
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.
- epicrania — tissue covering the cranium
- epicrisis — a secondary crisis occurring in the course of a disease
- epicritic — (of certain nerve fibres of the skin) serving to perceive and distinguish fine variations of temperature or touch
- epictetus — ?50–?120 ad, Greek Stoic philosopher, who stressed self-renunciation and the brotherhood of man