9-letter words containing c, o, p, l
- phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
- phycology — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
- picadillo — a traditional Latin American and Spanish dish of ground meat, onions, tomatoes, raisins, olives, and spices.
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilcomayo — a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- pillicock — a penis
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- pleiocene — Pliocene
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
- poachable — able to be poached
- pocatello — a city in SE Idaho.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- poeciliid — any small New World fish of the family Poeciliidae, of fresh or brackish tropical and temperate waters, including the mosquitofish, guppies, and mollies.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- polar cap — Geology. the icecap situated at either end of the earth's poles.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- politico- — Politico- is added to adjectives to form other adjectives that describe something as being both political and the other thing that is mentioned.
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- polo coat — a double-breasted, often belted overcoat made of camel's hair or a similar fabric.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polydemic — native to several countries or two or more regions.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- 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
- polyptych — a work of art composed of several connected panels.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
- polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
- pony club — an international youth organization that educates young people about horses and horse riding
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.