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9-letter words containing a, p, e, l, i

  • philomela — the nightingale.
  • philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
  • phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
  • piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
  • pie plant — rhubarb
  • pie plate — a shallow metal or glass dish with sloping sides, used for cooking a pie
  • 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
  • pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
  • pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
  • pin plate — a bearing plate having a projection for fixing into masonry.
  • pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
  • pineapple — the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.
  • pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
  • pinnulate — having pinnules.
  • pintailed — having a tapered tail
  • pipe clay — a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery, for whitening leather, etc.
  • pipe-clay — to whiten with pipe clay.
  • piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
  • pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
  • pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
  • pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
  • pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
  • pixelated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
  • pixilated — slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.
  • placative — placatory.
  • placekick — a kick made while the ball is in place, often held in place, on the ground, as in kicking off or in attempting a field goal
  • placentia — a town in S California.
  • plain tex — (publication)   Donald Knuth's original set of user-level macros for interaction with his TeX formatter. Dedicated TeX fans still prefer these over the more user-friendly LaTeX macros used by the majority of the TeX community.
  • plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
  • plaintext — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
  • plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
  • plainview — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • plan file — (operating system)   On Unix systems that support finger, the ".plan" file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also Hacking X for Y. A later innovation in plan files was the introduction of "scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the finger command will (for security reasons; see letterbomb) not pass the escape character. Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest running, funniest, and most original animations. A compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them. Typical animation components include: See also twirling baton.
  • plan view — plan (def 4).
  • planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
  • planetoid — an asteroid.
  • plantlike — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
  • platelike — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
  • platinate — Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
  • platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
  • platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
  • platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
  • plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
  • play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
  • pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
  • plein-air — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
  • pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
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