9-letter words containing r, e, p, s
- earpieces — Plural form of earpiece.
- eavesdrip — the falling or dripping of rainwater from the eaves of a building
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ecosphere — Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4000 meters).
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- eldership — Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
- emplaster — a plaster
- employers — Plural form of employer.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- empressed — Simple past tense and past participle of empress.
- empresses — Plural form of empress.
- empurples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empurple.
- empyreans — Plural form of empyrean.
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- endosperm — The part of a seed that acts as a food store for the developing plant embryo, usually containing starch with protein and other nutrients.
- endospore — A resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.
- endpapers — Plural form of endpaper.
- ensphered — Simple past tense and past participle of ensphere.
- entrepots — Plural form of entrepot.
- entropies — Plural form of entropy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- ephemeris — A table or data file giving the calculated positions of a celestial object at regular intervals throughout a period.
- epicrisis — a secondary crisis occurring in the course of a disease
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidermis — The outer layer of cells covering an organism, in particular.
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epimerase — an enzyme that catalyses the interconversion of epimers
- epimerism — optical isomerism in which isomers (epimers) can form about asymmetric atoms within the molecule, esp in carbohydrates
- epistoler — One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- escarping — Present participle of escarp.
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- espaliers — Plural form of espalier.
- esperance — (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
- 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.
- esperanza — (Texas) yellow bells, Tecoma stans.
- espressos — Plural form of espresso.
- estrapade — The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- 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)
- euripides — ?480–406 bc, Greek tragic dramatist. His plays, 18 of which are extant, include Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigeneia in Aulis, and Bacchae
- eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
- eutropous — (of an insect or plant) adapted for pollination
- exemplars — Plural form of exemplar.