9-letter words containing a, p, e, l, i
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neopilina — any primitive mollusk of the genus Neopilina, having a serial repetition of internal organs that suggests a close relationship to the annelids.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oppilated — Simple past tense and past participle of oppilate.
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paillasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- paillette — a spangle for ornamenting a costume.
- paintable — easily painted
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- palisades — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- pall-like — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- palleting — a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
- palletize — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palliasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmitate — a salt or ester of palmitic acid.
- palpitate — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- panel pin — a light slender nail with a narrow head
- panelized — composed of prefabricated sections of walls, floors, or roofs that can be assembled at the building site: a panelized house.
- panelling — wood or other material made into panels.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- papergirl — a girl who delivers newspapers to homes.
- papermail — snail mail
- papillose — full of papillae.
- papillote — a decorative curled paper placed over the end of the bone of a cutlet or chop.
- papillule — a mini papilla
- paraglide — to engage in paragliding.
- parakelia — a succulent herb of the genus Calandrinia, with purple flowers, that thrives in inland Australia
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.