9-letter words containing p, c, e
- care plan — a plan for the medical care of a particular patient or the welfare of a child in care
- carpellum — (botany) A carpel.
- carpenter — A carpenter is a person whose job is making and repairing wooden things.
- carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
- carpetbag — a travelling bag originally made of carpeting
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- carpooled — Simple past tense and past participle of carpool.
- carpooler — a member of a carpool
- cartopper — an object, esp a small boat, designed to be transported on top of a vehicle
- caryopses — Plural form of caryopsis.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- cataplane — an aircraft designed to be launched by a catapult.
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- catchpole — (in medieval England) a sheriff's officer who arrested debtors
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catheptic — of or relating to enzymes that catalyze autolysis in death or pathological conditions
- catnapped — Simple past tense and past participle of catnap.
- catnapper — a person who catnaps
- cd player — A CD player is a machine on which you can play CDs.
- cefcapene — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cell pack — a container made of cellular plastic, as one used for holding flowers or plants.
- cellphone — A cellphone is the same as a cellular phone.
- celoscope — an instrument for examining a body cavity.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- centipede — A centipede is a long, thin creature with a lot of legs.
- cepaceous — having an onion-like smell or taste
- cephalate — (of living organisms) possessing a head or headlike feature
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- cephalous — having a head
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- cesspools — Plural form of cesspool.
- cevapcici — a small rolled patty of ground meat, usually beef, seasoned with paprika and garlic, popular in Eastern Europe
- chaetopod — any annelid worm of the classes Oligochaeta or Polychaeta
- champagne — Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- champleve — of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel colours
- change up — When you change up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- change-up — a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chaperone — A chaperone is someone who accompanies another person somewhere in order to make sure that they do not come to any harm.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapleted — wearing a wreath or garland on the head