9-letter words containing l, y, o, p
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- doddypoll — a dunce; imbecile
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dyspnoeal — Pertaining to, or of the nature of dyspnoea; in connexion with dyspnoea.
- empanoply — to put armour on
- employees — Plural form of employee.
- employers — Plural form of employer.
- employing — Present participle of employ.
- endolymph — The fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
- epeolatry — the worship of words
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.
- epochally — In an epochal manner.
- expletory — Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
- exposedly — In an exposed way.
- fell pony — a British breed of large and heavy ponies, found in the hills of N England
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- helophyte — any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface
- hemolymph — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hippology — the study of horses.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- holophyte — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
- homophyly — a resemblance due to common ancestry.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homotypal — of normal type
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- hoplology — the study of weapons or armour
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.