9-letter words containing n, o, p, l
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- hypnology — the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep.
- impletion — An act of filling; the state of being full.
- implexion — a complication or entanglement
- 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).
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- 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.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- 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.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leptotene — a stage of cell division during the prophase of meiosis, in which the chromosomes are not distinct but appear as a mass of entangled threads.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- lily pons — Lily [lil-ee;; French lee-lee] /ˈlɪl i;; French liˈli/ (Show IPA), 1904–76, U.S. operatic soprano, born in France.
- 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
- 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.
- loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
- lolloping — Present participle of lollop.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- long jump — athletics: competition to jump the furthest
- long play — a long-playing phonograph record.
- long stop — a fielder who stands behind the wicket keeper, and catches balls the wicket keeper misses
- long-jump — Track and Field. to execute a long jump.
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- look upon — regard, consider: as
- loop knot — a knot made by doubling over a line at its end and tying both thicknesses into a square knot in such a way as to leave a loop.
- 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.
- loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- lophodont — having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
- lovespoon — Alternative spelling of love spoon.
- main loop — (programming) The top-level control flow construct in an input- or event-driven program, the one which receives and acts or dispatches on the program's input events. See also driver.
- melpomene — the Muse of tragedy.