9-letter words containing p, a, l, e, o, n
- open goal — a goal which is left open or undefended
- open plan — a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
- open-plan — a floor plan without fully enclosed spaces for distinct rooms.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- pademelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
- paleogene — noting or pertaining to the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, in the system adopted by some geologists, occurring from 65 to 25 million years ago and including the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene epochs: corresponds to the earlier part of the Tertiary Period in the system generally used in the U.S. Compare Neogene.
- pantaleon — a keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
- pantalone — an Italian comic character
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantofles — a slipper.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
- peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- 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.
- 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.
- planeload — the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pleonexia — excessive greed
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- pole bean — any vinelike variety of bean that is trained to grow upright on a pole, trellis, fence, etc.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- pollenate — pollinate
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous