9-letter words containing l, p, s
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- asphyxial — the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- autoplast — autograft.
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese
- bell push — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
- blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
- buck slip — Informal. a paper attached to and showing the destination and source of an interoffice memorandum, file, or the like.
- busy-loop — tight loop
- calc-spar — calcite.
- call slip — a form for requesting a library book by title and call number
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- capsulate — within or formed into a capsule
- capsulise — Alt form capsulize.