9-letter words containing n, i, p, l, e
- interpled — having instituted interpleader proceedings
- iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- lagniappe — Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas. a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
- lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
- lexiphane — One who uses words pretentiously.
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- light pen — a handheld light-sensitive device used for pointing at characters or objects on a CRT in order to make or modify drawings or to indicate functions to be performed.
- line copy — a document, drawing, or the like, consisting of two tones, as black and white, without intermediate gradations. Compare halftone (def 1).
- line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lippiness — the characteristic of being excessively outspoken or brash
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- loop line — a railway branch line which leaves the main line and rejoins it after a short distance
- loopiness — The state or condition of being loopy; craziness.
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mislippen — to distrust or suspect
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neopilina — any primitive mollusk of the genus Neopilina, having a serial repetition of internal organs that suggests a close relationship to the annelids.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nepheline — a feldspathoid mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSiO 4 , occurring in alkali-rich volcanic rocks.
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- nilpotent — equal to zero when raised to a certain power.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonpolice — not related to the police
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- open-line — (of a radio or TV show) maintaining open telephone lines to permit listeners or viewers to phone a program with comments, questions, requests, etc.; call-in.
- paintable — easily painted
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.