9-letter words containing p, i
- ice piton — a type of piton designed for being driven into ice
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- ice point — the temperature at which a mixture of ice and air-saturated water at a pressure of one atmosphere is in equilibrium, represented by 0°C and 32°F.
- icecapped — having an icecap
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- ideophone — A word that utilizes sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.
- ideopolis — a city that is sustained primarily by intellectual enterprises such as education, the media, advertising, and design, with a highly educated workforce
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- idiophone — An instrument the whole of which vibrates to produce a sound when struck, shaken, or scraped, such as a bell, gong, or rattle.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- idiotypic — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- iliopsoas — (anatomy) A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
- ill-kempt — unkempt.
- ill-spent — misspent; wasted.
- image map — (web) An image in an HTML document with "hot spots" which when clicked on in a suitable browser, act as anchors or links to other information. For example, an image of a map of the world might provide links to resources related to different countries. Clicking on a country would take the user to the relevant information.
- imp. gal. — imperial gallon
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- impacting — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impactite — a glassy or crystalline material composed of slag and meteoric materials, produced by the impact of a meteorite striking the earth.
- impactive — caused by impact: impactive pain.
- impairing — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- impaneled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- impartial — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- imparting — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impassion — to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- impearled — Simple past tense and past participle of impearl.
- impeccant — Without sin; impeccable.
- impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- impedible — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- impedient — (religion, of an impediment to marriage) Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.
- impellent — impelling: an impellent power; an impellent cause.
- impelling — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- impendent — impending.
- impending — about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
- impennate — (zoology) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.