9-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- peacetime — a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pecan pie — a sweet pie made with pecan nuts
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pectinate — formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pectolite — a mineral, hydrous calcium sodium silicate, usually occurring in radiating groups of crystals in rock cavities.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pedagogic — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pediculus — a louse
- pedocalic — of or relating to a pedocal
- pedogenic — the process of soil formation.
- pedologic — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pencil in — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- penciling — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- penitence — the state of being penitent; regret for one's wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; repentance.
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- penticton — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- pepticity — good digestion
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- perceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceiver — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perciform — a perch-like fish
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
- pericopae — a selection or extract from a book.
- pericycle — the outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
- peridotic — of, relating to, or containing peridot
- periproct — (in certain echinoids) that part of the body surface bordering the anus.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- periscope — an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision, consisting essentially of a tube with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors and, usually, lenses: used especially in submarines.
- peroxidic — of the nature of a peroxide; containing a peroxide or constituting part of a peroxide group
- perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite
- pesticide — a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
- petechiae — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.