9-letter words containing e, l, i, p
- misspells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspell.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- multiples — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- multiplet — a group of several related spectral lines, usually of nearly the same wavelengths.
- multiplex — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multipole — (physics) Any of a several forms of static or oscillating distributions of charge or magnetization.
- multistep — Involving multiple steps.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neopilina — any primitive mollusk of the genus Neopilina, having a serial repetition of internal organs that suggests a close relationship to the annelids.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nepheline — a feldspathoid mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSiO 4 , occurring in alkali-rich volcanic rocks.
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- nilpotent — equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
- oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- open-line — (of a radio or TV show) maintaining open telephone lines to permit listeners or viewers to phone a program with comments, questions, requests, etc.; call-in.
- ophiolite — an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
- oppilated — Simple past tense and past participle of oppilate.
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overspill — to spill over.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paillasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- paillette — a spangle for ornamenting a costume.
- paintable — easily painted
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- palisades — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- pall-like — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- palleting — a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
- palletize — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palliasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- palm wine — wine made from distilled palm-tree sap.