9-letter words containing p, c, e
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overcheap — too cheap
- overcrops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrop.
- overperch — to fly up to perch on
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- pacemaker — pacesetter.
- pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pacificae — documents of introduction presented by the Christian Church
- pack date — the date on which a foodstuff was processed or packed, often shown on the package or label.
- pack-year — a measure of the amount of cigarettes a person has smoked over an extended period, equal to one packet of 20 every day for one year
- packframe — a framework, usually of lightweight metal tubing, that supports a backpack on the wearer, often by curved extensions that fit over the shoulders.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
- paedeutic — of or relating to the study of teaching
- page-jack — to steal contents or code from a (website) and place it on another website, causing users to be redirected to the other site.
- paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- paper cup — a disposable drinking cup made of paper
- paper cut — tiny nick caused by sharp paper
- paperback — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- paraclete — an advocate or intercessor.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- parasceve — preparation
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcelled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- parcourse — an outdoor exercise track or course, especially for joggers, equipped with a series of stations along the way where one is to stop and perform a specific exercise.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.