9-letter words containing p, t, e, r
- devonport — a city in N Tasmania.
- dioptrate — (of a compound eye) divided by a transverse line
- dipterans — Plural form of dipteran.
- dipterist — an expert on flies belonging to the order Diptera
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- dis pater — Dis.
- disparate — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- disparted — Simple past tense and past participle of dispart.
- disported — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disputers — Plural form of disputer.
- disrepute — bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
- disrupted — Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.
- disrupter — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- distemper — Art. a technique of decorative painting in which glue or gum is used as a binder or medium to achieve a mat surface and rapid drying. (formerly) the tempera technique.
- diterpene — (chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.
- doorplate — a small identification plate on the outside door of a house or room, bearing the occupant's name, the apartment or house number, or the like.
- doorsteps — Plural form of doorstep.
- dopesters — Plural form of dopester.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectoproct — bryozoan; formerly, one of two broad types of bryozoan.
- ectropion — A condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outward away from the eyeball.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- emmetrope — A person with emmetropia, perfect vision.
- emplaster — a plaster
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- encrypted — Being in code; having been encrypted.
- encrypter — A thing, such as an algorithm, a program, or a device, that encrypts.
- endoproct — entoproct
- enrapture — Give intense pleasure or joy to.
- entoproct — (zoology) Any member of the Entoprocta, a phylum of mostly sessile aquatic animals.
- entrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of entrap.
- entrapper — One who, or that which, entraps.
- entrepots — Plural form of entrepot.
- entropies — Plural form of entropy.
- entropion — the turning inwards of the edge of the eyelid
- epeolatry — the worship of words
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epicenter — The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicentra — epicentres
- epicentre — (seismology) The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
- epicritic — (of certain nerve fibres of the skin) serving to perceive and distinguish fine variations of temperature or touch
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epistoler — One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.