9-letter words containing a, l, g, r, p
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- pilgarlic — a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- prayingly — with prayer, prayerfully
- pregnable — capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- purgeable — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sparkplug — to lead, inspire, or animate something or someone.
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- spur gall — a hairless and indurated area or gall on the side of a horse, caused by the irritation of a spur.
- spur-gall — to scrape, rub or injure (a horse) with the spur when riding
- sugarplum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- telegraph — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
- tragelaph — a mythical animal that is a cross between a goat and a stag
- traplight — a lighting device used to trap insects, especially moths.
- uropygial — of or relating to the uropygium.
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.
- xylograph — An engraving in wood, especially one used for printing.