9-letter words containing t, i, p, a
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.
- antiplant — Designed to kill plants; herbicidal.
- antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
- antipodes — People sometimes refer to Australia and New Zealand as the Antipodes.
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- antipopes — Plural form of antipope.
- antipress — opposed to or acting against the press
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- antisleep — acting to prevent sleep
- antispast — a group of four syllables, two short and two long, in a metric foot
- antitypes — Plural form of antitype.
- apartheid — Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.
- apatheism — (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
- apatheist — (religion) A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.
- apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- aperients — Plural form of aperient.
- aperitifs — Plural form of aperitif.
- aperitive — aperient.
- aperitivo — aperitif (sense 2), esp. any of those produced in Italy
- aphanitic — of or resembling aphanite
- apheretic — Standard spelling of aphaeretic.
- aphetized — (linguistics, of a word) Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.
- aphrodite — the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus
- apiarists — Plural form of apiarist.
- apiculate — (of leaves) ending in a short sharp point
- aplanatic — (of a lens or mirror) free from spherical aberration
- aplanetic — (esp of some algal and fungal spores) nonmotile or lacking a motile stage
- apneustic — of or relating to apneusis
- apodictic — that can clearly be shown or proved; absolutely certain or necessarily true
- apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- apomictic — produced by, or relating to, apomixis
- apophatic — of or relating to the belief that God can only be described by a process of negation
- apoptosis — the programmed death of some of an organism's cells as part of its natural growth and development
- apoptotic — of or relating to apoptosis
- apostille — a marginal annotation or note.
- apostolic — Apostolic means belonging or relating to a Christian religious leader, especially the Pope.
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- apparitor — an officer who summons witnesses and executes the orders of an ecclesiastical and (formerly) a civil court
- appentice — penthouse (def 4).
- appertain — to belong (to) as a part, function, right, etc; relate (to) or be connected (with)
- appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
- appetiser — Alternative spelling of appetizer.
- appetites — Plural form of appetite.
- appetized — Simple past tense and past participle of appetize.
- appetizer — An appetizer is the first course of a meal. It consists of a small amount of food.
- appletini — a cocktail consisting of vodka and apple juice with apple cider, apple brandy, or apple liqueur, and sometimes vermouth
- applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.