9-letter words containing n, i, p, l
- impletion — An act of filling; the state of being full.
- implexion — a complication or entanglement
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- imploding — Present participle of implode.
- imploring — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- implosion — the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
- impulsing — Present participle of impulse.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- impundulu — a mythical bird associated with witchcraft, frequently manifested as the secretary bird
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- in plenty — If there are things in plenty, those things exist or happen in large amounts or numbers.
- in public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- indalpine — A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor marketed in 1983 as an antidepressant but swiftly withdrawn when found to cause neutropenia.
- indepthly — (nonstandard) in depth.
- insipidly — without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality.
- interlisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- interpled — having instituted interpleader proceedings
- iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- jump line — a line of type identifying the page on or from which a newspaper story is continued.
- kingklips — Plural form of kingklip.
- 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.
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
- laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
- lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- 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.
- lily pons — Lily [lil-ee;; French lee-lee] /ˈlɪl i;; French liˈli/ (Show IPA), 1904–76, U.S. operatic soprano, born in France.
- linchpins — Plural form of linchpin.
- lindalisp — Linda for Lisp.
- lindy hop — Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- 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.
- linkoping — a city in S Sweden.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine