9-letter words containing p, i, n, e
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- audiphone — a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear
- be pie on — to be keen on
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- bedspring — a spring that supports a mattress
- bioparent — a biological parent
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- captained — Simple past tense and past participle of captain.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- carpeting — You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- centipede — A centipede is a long, thin creature with a lot of legs.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chiltepin — a variety of chilli pepper, Capsicum annuum, growing wild in Mexico and the south-western United States
- chioppine — Alternative form of chopine.
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- ciphering — calculating
- cisalpine — on this (the southern) side of the Alps, as viewed from Rome
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- coemption — the buying up of the complete supply of a commodity
- compagnie — company.
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- companies — Plural form of company.
- compazine — a tranquilizing drug, C28H32ClN3O8S, used to control serious nausea or vomiting and to reduce anxiety
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- compering — a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- competing — Competing ideas, requirements, or interests cannot all be right or satisfied at the same time.
- compiegne — a city in N France, on the Oise River: scene of the armistice at the end of World War I (1918) and of the Franco-German armistice of 1940. Pop: 41 714 (2007)
- conspired — Make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.
- conspirer — to agree together, especially secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal: They conspired to kill the king.
- conspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conspire.
- coopering — Present participle of cooper.
- copataine — (of a hat) high-crowned