9-letter words containing a, p, l, e, s
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- napoleons — Plural form of napoleon.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- neoplasms — Plural form of neoplasm.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nonstaple — not staple
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- opalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of opalesce.
- opalesces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opalesce.
- opelousas — a city in S Louisiana.
- opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paillasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- palaeosol — an ancient soil horizon
- palaestra — Greek Antiquity. palestra.
- 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.
- palliasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- panel saw — a small ripsaw or crosscut saw.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- pansexual — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pantalets — Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- paperless — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- papillose — full of papillae.
- par-sable — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parallels — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley