9-letter words containing a, m, p, l, i
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- omphaloid — resembling or similar to the navel
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- optimally — optimum (def 3).
- palladium — a rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum: used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol: Pd; atomic weight: 106.4; atomic number: 46; specific gravity: 12 at 20°C.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- palmation — a palmate state or formation.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- palmitate — a salt or ester of palmitic acid.
- pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- papermail — snail mail
- papilloma — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pay claim — the wage or salary asked for workers by trade union representatives from employers
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- petit mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- philomela — the nightingale.
- piecemeal — piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- 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.
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- piroplasm — babesia.
- plainsman — an inhabitant of the plains.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- 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.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- 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.
- primaeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- primality — the state of being primal
- primarily — essentially; mostly; chiefly; principally: They live primarily from farming.
- primatial — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primitial — relating to primitiae
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.