9-letter words containing p, t, e
- beaten-up — A beaten-up car or other object is old and in bad condition.
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- belt loop — a loop through which a belt is threaded
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bethphage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- bike path — A bike path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- bleep out — In a television or radio programme, when someone bleeps out an offensive word, they use an electronic device to make the sound of a bleep so that people cannot hear the word.
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
- bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
- body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
- bold type — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in a dictionary
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
- bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- bryophyte — any plant of the phyla Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), or Anthocerophyta (hornworts), having stems and leaves but lacking true vascular tissue and roots and reproducing by spores
- bubbletop — a transparent dome, usually made of plastic or bulletproof glass, that serves as the roof or part of the roof of an automotive vehicle.
- 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
- butter up — If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
- buttercup — A buttercup is a small plant with bright yellow flowers.
- by repute — If you know someone by repute, you have never met them but you have heard or read about them.
- 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.
- cajeputol — cineole.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cape cart — a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle sometimes with a canvas hood
- cape town — the legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province, situated in the southwest on Table Bay: founded in 1652, the first White settlement in southern Africa; important port. Pop: 3 740 026 (2011)
- capitated — having a fixed upper limit
- caponette — a capon produced by the administration of a synthetic sex hormone.
- caporetto — Italian village (now in Slovenia): scene of a battle of WWI in which the Italian army was defeated by Austro-German forces (1917)
- caprylate — a salt of caprylic acid
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.