9-letter words containing c, e, l, p
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- flyspecks — Plural form of flyspeck.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
- half-pace — a small stage on which something stands
- half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- heelpiece — Shoemaking. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like. such a piece used in repairing a heel.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- imperical — A mirror\u2013nearer merger misspelling of empirical.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- incapable — not capable.
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- keep cool — avoid getting hot
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- legal cap — ruled writing paper in tablet form, measuring approximately 8½ × 13 to 14 inches (22 × 33 to 36 cm).
- leucippus — 5th century bc Greek philosopher, who originated the atomist theory of matter, developed by his disciple, Democritus
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- locuplete — amply stocked
- logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
- logopedic — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- mispickel — arsenopyrite.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- nonplaced — Not assigned a place.
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.