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

  • 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
  • purringly — in a purring manner
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
  • sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
  • sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
  • spindling — spindle side.
  • spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
  • splinting — a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
  • splitting — that has undergone splitting; parted lengthwise; cleft.
  • sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
  • sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
  • springald — a youth; young fellow.
  • springlet — a small spring of water.
  • steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
  • stippling — to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
  • stripling — a youth.
  • supplying — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
  • toppingly — excellently; wonderfully
  • unpulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
  • upcycling — to process (used goods or waste material) so as to produce something that is often better than the original: I upcycled a stained tablecloth into curtains.
  • uplifting — inspirational; offering or providing hope, encouragement, salvation, etc.: an uplifting sermon.
  • upscaling — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
  • uptitling — the practice of conferring grandiose job titles to employees performing relatively menial jobs
  • upwelling — an act or instance of welling up: an upwelling of public support; an upwelling of emotion in his voice.
  • walloping — a vigorous blow.
  • weepingly — In a weeping manner.
  • wing flap — a control flap on the wing of an aeroplane
  • yappingly — in a yapping manner
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