9-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- phallical — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- physicals — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- picadillo — a traditional Latin American and Spanish dish of ground meat, onions, tomatoes, raisins, olives, and spices.
- piccadill — a high stiff collar characteristic of the early 17th century
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- piecemeal — piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
- pilcomayo — a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- pilgarlic — a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
- pipe clay — a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery, for whitening leather, etc.
- pipe-clay — to whiten with pipe clay.
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- placating — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placative — placatory.
- placekick — a kick made while the ball is in place, often held in place, on the ground, as in kicking off or in attempting a field goal
- placentia — a town in S California.
- placidity — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- plicating — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- principal — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- pyritical — relating to pyrites
- quantical — relating to quantics
- quillback — a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
- quitclaim — a transfer of all one's interest, as in a parcel of real estate, especially without a warranty of title.
- quizzical — odd, queer, or comical.