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9-letter words containing p, i, e, c

  • set piece — an arrangement of slow-burning fireworks forming a design or composition when lighted.
  • sheeptick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
  • shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
  • sidepiece — a piece forming a side or a part of a side, or fixed by the side, of something.
  • siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
  • skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
  • skiascope — retinoscope.
  • slipcased — having a slipcase
  • slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
  • spaceship — spacecraft.
  • spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
  • spaciness — the state of being spacey
  • spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
  • sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
  • special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
  • specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
  • specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
  • species's — a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
  • specifics — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
  • specified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • specifier — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • specifies — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • specint92 — (benchmark)   A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks from SPEC (geometric mean of the 6 SPEC ratios of CINT92) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. See also SPECbase_int92.
  • speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
  • spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
  • spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
  • spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
  • spiceless — having no spice
  • spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
  • spicilege — an anthology or gleaning
  • spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
  • spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
  • spinacene — a type of vaccine
  • splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
  • sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
  • stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
  • stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
  • stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
  • stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
  • stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
  • superchic — highly or very chic
  • supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
  • supercoil — superhelix.
  • superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
  • tailpiece — a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
  • the pinch — sharp, painful, or extreme stress, need, etc
  • tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
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