9-letter words containing p, i, a, c
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- hairpiece — a toupee.
- hand-pick — to pick by hand.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- headpiece — a piece of armor for the head; helmet.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- hepatitic — Related to hepatitis and other liver diseases.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.
- ice apron — a structure built in a river upstream from a bridge pier or the like for protection against drifting ice.
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- icecapped — having an icecap
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- impacting — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impactite — a glassy or crystalline material composed of slag and meteoric materials, produced by the impact of a meteorite striking the earth.
- impactive — caused by impact: impactive pain.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- impeccant — Without sin; impeccable.
- impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incompact — not compact; loose.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- jack pine — a scrubby pine, Pinus banksiana, growing on tracts of poor, rocky land in Canada and the northern U.S., bearing short needles and curved cones.
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.