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9-letter words containing o, p, e, l, i

  • phenolion — phelonion.
  • philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
  • philomela — the nightingale.
  • philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
  • phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
  • piacevole — (to be performed) in a pleasant, agreeable manner
  • picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
  • pike pole — (in lumbering) a long pole with a metal point and a fixed hook, for catching and guiding logs.
  • pile into — crowd inside: a vehicle
  • pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
  • pilloried — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
  • pillorize — to pillory (someone or something)
  • pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
  • pilotweed — the compass plant, Silphium laciniatum.
  • pipe roll — an annual record of the accounts of a sheriff or other minister of the crown kept at the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th centuries
  • piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
  • pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
  • pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
  • pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
  • pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
  • pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
  • pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
  • planetoid — an asteroid.
  • platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
  • pleiocene — Pliocene
  • pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
  • pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
  • pleonexia — excessive greed
  • pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
  • plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
  • plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
  • plot line — Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion-picture script.
  • podsolize — to make into podsol.
  • podzolize — to make into or form a podzol
  • poeciliid — any small New World fish of the family Poeciliidae, of fresh or brackish tropical and temperate waters, including the mosquitofish, guppies, and mollies.
  • poeticule — an inferior poet
  • pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
  • pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
  • pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
  • pointille — (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
  • pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
  • polarised — to cause polarization in.
  • polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
  • polarizer — a person or thing that polarizes.
  • polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
  • polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
  • policeman — a member of a police force or body.
  • policemen — a member of a police force or body.
  • politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
  • poll evil — an acute swelling on the top of the head of a horse originating in an inflamed bursa that underlies the great neck ligament there.
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