9-letter words containing c, e, l, p
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- pre-elect — to choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor. Antonyms: reject.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- preclimax — a stable community that precedes the full development of the climax community of a given area and that results from local variations in soil and water.
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- preexilic — of that period of Jewish history preceding the Babylonian Exile (6th cent. b.c.)
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- preplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- prerectal — in front of the rectum
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
- principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- procellas — pucellas.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- purulence — pus.
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- scale pan — one of the pans of a balance
- scalloped — Scalloped objects are decorated with a series of small curves along the edges.
- scalloper — a person or thing that scallops.
- scalpless — lacking a scalp
- scapeless — lacking a scape
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.