9-letter words containing a, l, p, e
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- bad apple — a person with a corrupting influence
- bad place — Midland and Southern U.S. hell.
- bakeapple — the fruit of the cloudberry
- baldpated — (archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald.
- balled up — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
- belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- 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
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- 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.
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- cajeputol — cineole.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.