9-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- petticoat — slip worn under a skirt
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- phenacite — a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phrenetic — frenetic.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- physicked — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pick over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pickeerer — somebody who pickeers
- pickering — Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.
- picketing — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- picnicker — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picocurie — a trillionth of a curie, which is a unit of radioactivity
- picometer — one trillionth of a meter
- picometre — a trillionth fraction of metre
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- picturize — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
- pie-faced — having a broad, flat face and, sometimes, a vacuous or stupid expression.
- piece out — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pieceless — without any pieces
- piecemeal — piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
- piecewise — denoting that a function has a specified property, as smoothness or continuity, on each of a finite number of pieces into which its domain is divided: a piecewise continuous function; a piecewise differentiable curve.
- piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
- pietistic — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- pikeperch — any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, especially the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pince-nez — a pair of glasses held on the face by a spring that grips the nose.
- pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- pine cone — the cone or strobile of a pine tree.
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- pipe clay — a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery, for whitening leather, etc.
- pipe rack — a steel framed structure that pipes (used to drill for oil, etc) are stacked on for storage
- pipe-clay — to whiten with pipe clay.
- pipe-rack — offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
- piracetam — a drug used to improve cognitive powers and memory, used to treat stroke victims and sufferers of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, etc
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- pitchbend — an electronic device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note being sounded on a synthesizer, usually with a pitch wheel, strip, or lever
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- pithecoid — belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys.