9-letter words containing l, o, a, n, r
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- portolano — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prolactin — an anterior pituitary polypeptide hormone that stimulates lactation by the mammary glands at parturition in mammals, the activity of the crop in birds, and in some mammalian species the production of progesterone by the corpus luteum.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prolation — the time relationship between a semibreve and a minim in mensural notation.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- radioland — the aggregate of listeners within the reach of a radio station's transmission.
- railwoman — a female worker on a railway
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- range oil — oil suitable for burning as the fuel of a kitchen stove.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- rattle on — talk at length
- rawlinson — George, 1812–1902, English historian.
- read-only — of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.
- reconceal — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- reloading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- rollatini — a dish consisting of thin slices of poultry or meat rolled around a filling, especially of ham and cheese, and baked in a sauce.
- roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rosenwald — Julius, 1862–1932, U.S. businessman and philanthropist.
- rotaplane — an aircraft that derives its lift from freely revolving rotor blades
- rounceval — a variety of large pea
- roundball — basketball
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- rub along — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run along — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sailoring — the occupation or duties of a sailor.
- sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- serotinal — pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- signorial — relating to a signoria
- sloganeer — a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- snap roll — a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a fast roll
- snap-roll — to put (an airplane) through the maneuver of a snap roll.
- soaringly — in a soaring manner
- solutrean — Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.