9-letter words containing e, a, r, l, o
- palempore — an ornately patterned Indian cloth; a bed covering
- paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- 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.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- 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.
- patroller — (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.
- payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
- payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
- perorally — through or via the mouth
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- 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.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polarizer — a person or thing that polarizes.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- portalled — a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- portatile — portable
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- 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.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- procellas — pucellas.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property