9-letter words containing a, p, l, e, i, s
- 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.
- plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- redisplay — to display again
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- sailplane — a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sapidless — lacking flavour
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- shippable — being in a suitable form or condition for shipping1 .
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- skippable — able to be skipped, omitted, or passed over without loss; unimportant.
- slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- sprekelia — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, from Mexico and Guatemala, related to hippeastrum and grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers, in the form of a cross: family Amaryllidaceae
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.