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9-letter words containing i, g, p, l

  • plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
  • plannings — the act or process of making a plan or plans.
  • plantling — a young plant
  • playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
  • plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
  • pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
  • plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
  • plicating — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
  • plightful — filled with distress
  • ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
  • plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
  • plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
  • polygamic — polygamous.
  • polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
  • posologic — of or relating to doses of medicines
  • potholing — exploring caves
  • pouringly — in a pouring fashion
  • prayingly — with prayer, prayerfully
  • preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
  • preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
  • presignal — to signal in advance
  • prickling — a sharp point.
  • privilege — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
  • probingly — with a probing approach
  • profiling — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
  • prolog-ii — Prolog with two new predicates: "dif" for coroutines and "freeze" for delayed evaluation. Available from ExperIntelligence, Santa Barbara CA.
  • prologist — a prologue writer or performer
  • prologize — to perform or introduce by means of a prologue
  • pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
  • puffingly — in a puffing manner
  • pull-ring — a small piece of metal with a ring attached which is pulled to open cans of food, drink, etc
  • pulsating — throbbing
  • pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • punningly — in a punning manner
  • pupillage — the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
  • purringly — in a purring manner
  • putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
  • pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
  • raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
  • repelling — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  • replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
  • repolling — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
  • repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
  • ridgepole — the horizontal timber or member at the top of a roof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
  • ring-pull — A ring-pull is a metal strip that you pull off the top of a can of drink in order to open it.
  • rompingly — in a romping manner
  • salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
  • singspiel — a German opera, especially of the 18th century, using spoken dialogue and resembling ballad opera.
  • slip ring — a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.
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