9-letter words containing a, p, l, i
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- episcopal — Of a bishop or bishops.
- episodial — Episodic.
- epitaxial — Of, pertaining to, or employing epitaxy.
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- epithelia — Plural form of epithelium.
- epulation — the act of feasting
- espaliers — Plural form of espalier.
- especiall — Obsolete form of especial.
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- exampling — Present participle of example.
- expansile — Of, relating to, or capable of expansion.
- expirable — capable of expiring or ending
- explained — Simple past tense and past participle of explain.
- explainer — Agent noun of explain; one who explains.
- explicate — Analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
- fair play — just and honorable treatment, action, or conduct: The political campaign was notably lacking in fair play.
- fallopian — Alternative form of Fallopian.
- field pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum arvense, grown for forage and silage.
- film pack — a number of sheets of film arranged one over the other and connected so that they can be exposed successively.
- filopodia — thin projections extending from the edge of migrating cells
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- gallipoli — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- galloping — at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- glidepath — the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.
- grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
- grapelike — Resembling a grape or some aspect of grapes.
- grapeline — grapnel.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- grappelli — Stéphane (ˈstɛfən) 1908–97, French jazz violinist: with Django Reinhardt, he led the Quintet of the Hot Club of France between 1934 and 1939
- grappling — a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
- grill pan — a wide, shallow metal vessel used to contain food that is being cooked under a grill
- hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).