9-letter words containing p, e
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attempted — An attempted crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- au poivre — coated with crushed black peppercorns, sautéed, and usually flamed with brandy and served with a sauce
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- auxospore — a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
- azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- b & e — breaking and entering
- b complex — vitamin B (complex)
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- b-picture — B-movie.
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backpiece — a tattoo on the back
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backspace — to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backswept — slanting backwards