9-letter words containing p, c, e
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- locuplete — amply stocked
- logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- macropore — Any pore sufficiently wide to allow water to flow unimpeded by capillary action.
- macrotape — (storage) /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- meatspace — The physical world, as opposed to cyberspace or a virtual environment.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- mercaptan — any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.
- mercapto- — (in chemical compounds) indicating the presence of an HS- group
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- micropore — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- mid-price — at a medium or average price; not particularly expensive nor particularly cheap
- midpriced — Alternative spelling of mid-priced.
- mince pie — a pie filled with mincemeat.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- mispacked — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.
- mispickel — arsenopyrite.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- mispriced — Simple past tense and past participle of misprice.
- misprices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misprice.
- misspeech — (obsolete) Wrong speech.
- mock epic — a long, humorous poem written in mock-heroic style.
- monoscope — a cathode-ray tube that provides a signal of a fixed pattern, formerly used for testing television equipment at the end of a broadcast day.
- monospace — Of a typeface, having the same width for each character.
- moonscape — the general appearance of the surface of the moon.
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- mpeg-2 mc — MPEG-2 Multi Channel Extention
- muck heap — a pile of dung, soil or refuse
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.