9-letter words containing p, c, e
- namespace — (computing) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.
- nasoscope — Rhinoscope.
- neckpiece — a scarf, especially one of fur.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nez perce — a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin family.
- ninepence — (used with a plural verb) British. nine pennies.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- nonpoetic — not poetic
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
- occupance — Occupancy.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- octopodes — (rare) Irregular plural form of octopus.
- octopuses — Plural form of octopus.
- octuplets — Plural form of octuplet.
- off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- one piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- one-piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- opalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of opalesce.
- opalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opalesce.
- open call — an audition, especially for actors or dancers, open to anyone wishing to try out.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opodeldoc — a medical liniment made by mixing soap, alcohol, and essential oils
- opponency — an act or instance of opposing.
- opuscules — Plural form of opuscule.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- osteocope — severe pain in the bones, especially that occurring in syphilitic persons.
- otoscopes — Plural form of otoscope.