9-letter words containing p, e, i
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- be pie on — to be keen on
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- becripple — to make or cause to become crippled.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bid price — The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it.
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- bike path — A bike path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- blow-pipe — a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
- blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
- blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
- blue pike — a variety of the walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, inhabiting the Great Lakes.
- blue pill — a pill of blue mass, used in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.
- blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- campodeid — any of various primitive and wingless insects of the genus Campodea
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- cap-a-pie — (dressed, armed, etc) from head to foot
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- capitated — having a fixed upper limit