9-letter words containing p, i
- apportion — When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- appraisal — If you make an appraisal of something, you consider it carefully and form an opinion about it.
- appraised — Simple past tense and past participle of appraise.
- appraisee — a person who is being appraised
- appraiser — An appraiser is someone whose job is to estimate the cost or value of something such as property.
- appraises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appraise.
- apprising — appraise.
- apprizers — Plural form of apprizer.
- apprizing — Present participle of apprize.
- approving — An approving reaction or remark shows support for something, or satisfaction with it.
- apreciate — Misspelling of appreciate.
- apres-ski — Apres-ski is evening entertainment and social activities in places where people go skiing.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- apriorist — a person who believes in apriorism
- apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
- apronlike — resembling an apron
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- aprotinin — (protein) A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aptitudes — Plural form of aptitude.
- aquaporin — any one of a group of proteins in cell membranes that allow the passage of water across the membrane
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- archicarp — a female reproductive structure in ascomycetous fungi that consists of a cell or hypha and develops into the ascogonium
- arhatship — the state of having achieved enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- arpillera — a Peruvian hand-sewn wall-hanging, typically of exquisite detail
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asphyxial — the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.
- aspidioid — relating to an aspidium
- aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspirator — a device employing suction, such as a jet pump or one for removing fluids from a body cavity
- 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
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- asynapsis — failure of pairing of chromosomes at meiosis
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- ata point — (unit, text) (Or "Anglo-Saxon point") One of the two most common variants of the point, equal to 0.3514598 mm, or 0.0138366 inch, or 1/72.272 inch. The ATA point is used on the island of the United Kingdom and on the American continent.
- atabalipa — Atahualpa.
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.