9-letter words containing p, a, i, l, o
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- diplomaed — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- diplomata — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomate — a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- disposals — Plural form of disposal.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- emptional — Capable of being purchased.
- epilation — The removal of hair by the roots.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- episcopal — Of a bishop or bishops.
- episodial — Episodic.
- epulation — the act of feasting
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- fallopian — Alternative form of Fallopian.
- filopodia — thin projections extending from the edge of migrating cells
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- gallipoli — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galloping — at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- 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.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- iliopsoas — (anatomy) A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- kapok oil — a yellowish-green oil expressed from the seeds of the kapok tree, used especially in foods and in the manufacture of soap.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- 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.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- li tai po — Li Po.
- lipopexia — the storage of fat in the body.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- liposomal — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.