9-letter words containing a, p, e, l
- peaceably — inclined or disposed to avoid strife or dissension; not argumentative or hostile: a peaceable person; a peaceable disposition.
- peaceless — without peace
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- peak load — the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system
- pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
- pearl tea — a frothy E Asian beverage consisting of sweetened tea with milk or flavorings, usually served over black pellets, or pearls, of tapioca.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pearlized — resembling or made to resemble mother-of-pearl; iridescent: pearlized buttons.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- pebbleman — DoD requirements that led to APSE. They were written in Jul 1978 and revised Jan 1979.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pedal bin — A pedal bin is a container for waste, usually in a kitchen or bathroom. It has a lid which is controlled by a pedal that you press with your foot.
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- pedalling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pedocalic — of or relating to a pedocal
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- peneplain — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- pennyland — in Caithness and the Orkney and Shetland islands a piece of land on which one penny's worth of tax was owed to the overlord
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentalpha — pentagram.
- pentangle — pentagram.
- pentathla — pentathlons
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- pep rally — a meeting, especially of students before an interscholastic athletic contest, to stimulate group enthusiasm by rousing talks, songs, cheers, etc.
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- perceable — pierceable
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- perendale — a Romney-Cheviot crossbreed of sheep
- perennial — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.