9-letter words containing i, r, e, p, l
- oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
- overspill — to spill over.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- paludrine — proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944
- paperclip — a flat wire or plastic clip shaped so that it can hold sheets of paper between two of its loops.
- papergirl — a girl who delivers newspapers to homes.
- papermail — snail mail
- paraglide — to engage in paragliding.
- parakelia — a succulent herb of the genus Calandrinia, with purple flowers, that thrives in inland Australia
- paralexia — an impairment of reading ability characterized by the transposition of letters or words.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- 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.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- parkville — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pearlized — resembling or made to resemble mother-of-pearl; iridescent: pearlized buttons.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- pelletier — Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
- percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
- percivale — a knight who is allowed to see the Holy Grail
- perennial — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
- pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
- pericycle — the outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
- perihelia — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perilless — exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
- perilymph — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- perradial — relating to the main rays of a member of the Radiata group