9-letter words containing p, r, i, a, e
- dispersal — The action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dispraise — to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- disrepair — the condition of needing repair; an impaired or neglected state.
- drainpipe — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- draperies — coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- earpieces — Plural form of earpiece.
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- emperical — Misspelling of empirical.
- empirical — Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
- enalapril — An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epicardia — Plural form of epicardium.
- epicentra — epicentres
- epicrania — tissue covering the cranium
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidermal — Of or pertaining to the epidermis.
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epimerase — an enzyme that catalyses the interconversion of epimers
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- epineuria — sheaths of connective tissue around bundles of nerve fibres
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epirrhema — the address in Greek comedy
- epitapher — one who writes epitaphs
- epuration — purification
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- espaliers — Plural form of espalier.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- exit ramp — a short roadway by which vehicles may leave a major highway
- exophoria — (ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.
- exosporia — exospores
- exotropia — (medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
- expatriot — Misspelling of expatriate.
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- expirable — capable of expiring or ending
- explainer — Agent noun of explain; one who explains.