9-letter words containing p, s, e
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- 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.
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- 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
- bypassers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- c-spanner — a sickle-shaped spanner having a projection at the end of the curve, used for turning large narrow nuts that have an indentation into which the projection on the spanner fits
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cake shop — a shop that sells cakes
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- campiness — the quality of being campy
- camporees — Plural form of camporee.
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- cap screw — a screwed bolt with a cylindrical head having a hexagonal recess. The bolt is turned using a wrench of hexagonal cross section
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- capsomere — any of the protein units that together form the capsid of a virus
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- capsulate — within or formed into a capsule
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carapaces — Plural form of carapace.
- caryopses — Plural form of caryopsis.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- celoscope — an instrument for examining a body cavity.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cepaceous — having an onion-like smell or taste
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephalous — having a head
- cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- cesspools — Plural form of cesspool.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- chaperons — Plural form of chaperon.