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9-letter words containing p, t, e, r

  • hypertext — a method of storing data through a computer program that allows a user to create and link fields of information at will and to retrieve the data nonsequentially.
  • hypethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
  • hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
  • imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
  • imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
  • impetrate — to obtain by entreaty.
  • implanter — Someone or something that implants.
  • importers — Plural form of importer.
  • importune — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
  • imposters — Plural form of imposter.
  • imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
  • imprecate — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
  • imprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of imprint.
  • imprinter — a person or thing that imprints.
  • imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
  • inoperant — Not operant.
  • inspecter — Archaic form of inspector.
  • inspector — a person who inspects.
  • integraph — integrator (def 2).
  • intercept — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
  • intercrop — to grow one crop between the rows of another, as in an orchard or field.
  • interlisp — (language)   A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
  • interloop — Between loops.
  • interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
  • interpage — to print (matter) on intervening pages
  • interpeak — Between peaks.
  • interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
  • interpled — having instituted interpleader proceedings
  • interpone — to interpose
  • interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
  • interpret — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
  • irruptive — of, relating to, or characterized by irruption.
  • isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
  • isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
  • ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
  • jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
  • karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
  • keg party — a beer bust.
  • kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
  • la trappe — La Trappe.
  • lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
  • lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
  • lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
  • lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
  • leprosity — the state of being leprous
  • linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
  • live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
  • macrotape — (storage)   /mak'roh-tayp/ An industry-standard reel of magnetic tape, as opposed to a microtape. See also round tape.
  • magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
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