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9-letter words containing p, i

  • binprolog — (language)   Probably the fastest freely available C-emulated Prolog. BinProlog features: logical and permanent global variables; backtrackable destructive assignment; circular term unification; extended DCGs (now built into the engine as "invisible grammars"); intuitionistic and linear implication based hypothetical reasoning; a Tcl/Tk interface. Version 3.30 runs on SPARC/Solaris 2.x, SunOS 4.x; DEC Alpha 64-bit version; DEC MIPS; SGI MIPS; 68k - NeXT, Sun-3; IBM RS6000; HP PA-RISC (two variants); Intel 80386, Intel 486/Linux, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.1 (with DOS-extender go32 v1.10). E-mail: Paul Tarau <[email protected]>.
  • biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
  • biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
  • biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
  • bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
  • biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
  • bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
  • bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
  • bipedally — in a bipedal manner
  • bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
  • bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
  • bishopdom — the jurisdiction of a bishop
  • bishopess — a bishop's wife
  • bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
  • 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.
  • biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
  • bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
  • black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
  • blimp out — to become greatly overweight
  • blind pig — speak-easy
  • blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
  • blow-pipe — a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
  • blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
  • blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
  • blue pike — a variety of the walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, inhabiting the Great Lakes.
  • blue pill — a pill of blue mass, used in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.
  • blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
  • 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.
  • boat trip — a trip in a boat
  • bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
  • boskopoid — of, relating to, or characteristic of Boskop man or the culture or habitat of Boskop man.
  • breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
  • buck slip — Informal. a paper attached to and showing the destination and source of an interoffice memorandum, file, or the like.
  • bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
  • bumpkinly — like a bumpkin
  • bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
  • buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
  • bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
  • bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
  • cacotopia — a dystopia
  • cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
  • calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
  • caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
  • call slip — a form for requesting a library book by title and call number
  • calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
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