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9-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o

  • improvize — Alternative spelling of improvise.
  • in person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • in-person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • inoperant — Not operant.
  • inspector — a person who inspects.
  • intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
  • interloop — Between loops.
  • interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
  • interpone — to interpose
  • interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
  • ionophore — a lipid-soluble substance capable of transporting specific ions through cellular membranes.
  • iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2
  • ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
  • isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
  • isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
  • ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
  • lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
  • leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
  • leprosity — the state of being leprous
  • lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
  • line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
  • linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
  • liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
  • lone pair — shoes, eyes
  • malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
  • meiospore — a haploid spore resulting from meiosis
  • meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
  • 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.
  • millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
  • misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
  • 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).
  • n'importe — no matter
  • necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
  • negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
  • nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
  • nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
  • neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
  • neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
  • nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
  • nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
  • obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
  • occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
  • off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
  • oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
  • oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
  • opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
  • open fire — start shooting
  • operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
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