9-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- mock epic — a long, humorous poem written in mock-heroic style.
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- neckpiece — a scarf, especially one of fur.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephritic — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- ninepence — (used with a plural verb) British. nine pennies.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- nonpoetic — not poetic
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- off-price — offering or dealing in goods, especially brand-name apparel, at prices lower than those at regular retail stores or discount stores.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- one piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- one-piece — complete in one piece, as a garment: a one-piece snowsuit.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
- overprice — to price excessively high; set too high a price on.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- pacificae — documents of introduction presented by the Christian Church
- paedeutic — of or relating to the study of teaching
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- pan juice — Often, pan juices. the natural juices exuded by meat, poultry, etc., while baking or roasting: used especially in basting.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- paracrine — relating to a hormone whose release only affects tissue surrounding the gland that secreted it
- paramecia — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paramedic — Military. a medic in the paratroops.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- paroemiac — proverbial; axiomatic
- parricide — the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
- patiences — a female given name.