9-letter words containing l, e, p, s
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- phlebitis — inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- pieceless — without any pieces
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
- pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
- pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- placeless — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plackless — lacking money; penniless
- plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- plansheer — plancer.
- plantless — having no plants
- plantlets — a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- plastered — drunk.
- plasterer — builder or decorator who applies plaster
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plateless — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platelets — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playhouse — a theater.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- pleasance — a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
- pleaseman — a person who courts favour
- pleasence — Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His films include Dr Crippen (1962) and Cul de Sac (1966)
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
- pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleatless — having no pleats
- plenished — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbless — incapable of being sounded
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumpness — well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat.