9-letter words containing l, e, y, p, o
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- laypeople — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- leprosery — a hospital for leprosy sufferers
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- logotypes — Plural form of logotype.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- opulently — In an opulent manner.
- outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
- overapply — To apply to excess.
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- parleyvoo — to speak French
- 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.
- pelecypod — any mollusk of the class Pelecypoda (Lamellibranchiata), characterized by a bivalve shell enclosing the headless body and lamellate gills, comprising the oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops.
- 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
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- 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
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- petrology — study of rocks
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- playhouse — a theater.
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.