9-letter words containing p, a, r, l
- perorally — through or via the mouth
- perp walk — an arranged public appearance of a recently arrested criminal for the benefit of the media
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- perradial — relating to the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- perusable — having the ability to be perused
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- pilgarlic — a person regarded with mild or pretended contempt or pity.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- 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.
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- placoderm — any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- planarian — any of various free-swimming, mostly freshwater flatworms of the class Turbellaria, having an undulating or sluglike motion: popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts.
- planarity — of or relating to a geometric plane.
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- plansheer — plancer.
- plastered — drunk.
- plasterer — builder or decorator who applies plaster
- platemark — hallmark.
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- plaustral — relating to wagons
- play fair — games: be sporting
- play park — A play park is a children's playground.
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- playmaker — an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score.
- pleasured — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleasurer — a person who seeks pleasure
- pleasures — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plein-air — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.