9-letter words containing a, m, p, l, e
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- platemark — hallmark.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playmaker — an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score.
- pleaseman — a person who courts favour
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polylemma — a debate forcing a choice between contradictory positions
- pot metal — an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- pre-alarm — an automatic device that serves to call attention, to rouse from sleep, or to warn of fire, smoke, an intruder, etc.
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- 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.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- red maple — a tree, Acer rubrum, of eastern North America, growing in moist soil and usually having red flowers and leaves that turn bright red in autumn.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.
- resampled — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- someplace — somewhere.
- stampless — without a stamp
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- supermale — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- teleplasm — a hypothetical emanation from the body of a medium that serves as the means for telekinesis.
- time lamp — an oil lamp of the 17th and 18th centuries, burning at a fixed rate and having a reservoir graduated in units of time.
- unclamped — to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
- unsampled — undemonstrated
- verapamil — a white crystalline powder, C 27 H 38 N 2 O 4 , used as a calcium blocker in the treatment of angina and certain arrhythmias.
- wine palm — any of several palms from whose sap wine is made, as the coquito.