9-letter words containing p, t, e, r
- epitapher — one who writes epitaphs
- epuration — purification
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- esperanto — Esperanto is an invented language which consists of parts of several European languages, and which was designed to help people from different countries communicate with each other.
- estrapade — The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
- eton crop — a short mannish hairstyle worn by women in the 1920s
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- europoort — a port in the Netherlands near Rotterdam: developed in the 1960s; handles chiefly oil
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrapely — conversational skill
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- eutropous — (of an insect or plant) adapted for pollination
- evaporate — Turn from liquid into vapor.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- excerpted — Consisting of excerpts.
- excerpter — a person who excerpts (parts or passages from a book, play, etc)
- excerptor — One who makes excerpts.
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- exit ramp — a short roadway by which vehicles may leave a major highway
- exotropia — (medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
- exotropic — (of an eye) turning outwards
- expatriot — Misspelling of expatriate.
- expediter — A person who expedites.
- expeditor — Alternative spelling of expediter.
- experient — A person who experiences something.
- expertise — Expert skill or knowledge in a particular field.
- expertism — the quality of being an expert
- expertize — (intransitive) To act as an expert.
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- expletory — Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
- exploiter — One who exploits.
- explorate — (obsolete) To explore.
- exporters — Plural form of exporter.
- exporting — Present participle of export.
- expositor — A person or thing that explains complicated ideas or theories.
- exprobate — (obsolete) To exprobrate.
- expurgate — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
- exstrophy — (medicine) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- extempore — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extirpate — Root out and destroy completely.
- extrapate — Misspelling of extirpate.
- extrapose — to move a word or words to the end of, or outside, a clause or sentence without altering its sense
- extripate — Misspelling of extirpate.
- extropian — Of, or relating to extropy.
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- ferrotype — to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin)
- fingertip — the tip or end of a finger.