9-letter words containing d, e, p, l, t
- lapidated — to pelt with stones.
- leadplant — a North American shrub, Amorpha canescens, of the legume family, the leaves and twigs of which have a gray cast.
- lippitude — the state of having bleary or sore eyes
- oppilated — Simple past tense and past participle of oppilate.
- outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
- pardalote — any of several tiny, short-tailed Australian songbirds of the genus Pardalotus, having short bills and most having brilliant plumage with gemlike specks on the dark upper parts.
- patrolled — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pendleton — a city in N Oregon.
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- pilotweed — the compass plant, Silphium laciniatum.
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- pixelated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilated — slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- plastered — drunk.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- plateaued — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plummeted — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portalled — a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- pot-holed — A pot-holed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- replotted — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
- reputedly — according to reputation or popular belief: a reputedly honest man.
- splendent — shining or radiant, as the sun.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- tide pool — tidal pool.
- tidepools — tidal pool.
- tooled up — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- unadeptly — in an unadept or unskilled manner
- underplot — a plot subordinate to another plot, as in a novel.
- unpiloted — without a pilot; unguided
- unplanted — (of a plant) not set into the ground
- unpleated — not pleated, without pleats
- updatable — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
- uptrilled — trilled high (used in Samuel Coleridge's poems)
- wild type — an organism having an appearance that is characteristic of the species in a natural breeding population.