9-letter words containing p, e, l, a, g
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- legal cap — ruled writing paper in tablet form, measuring approximately 8½ × 13 to 14 inches (22 × 33 to 36 cm).
- legal pad — a ruled writing tablet, usually yellow and measuring 8½ × 14 inches (22 × 36 cm).
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lexiphage — (graphics) /lek'si-fayj"/ A notorious word chomper, implemented and named by John Doty in late 1972 on and HP calculator and later on ITS. The lexiphage program would draw on a selected victim's bitmapped terminal the words "THE BAG" in ornate letters, followed a pair of jaws biting pieces of it off.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- open goal — a goal which is left open or undefended
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- 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.
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- palleting — a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- panelling — wood or other material made into panels.
- papergirl — a girl who delivers newspapers to homes.
- paraglide — to engage in paragliding.
- paralegal — an attorney's assistant, not admitted to the practice of law but trained to perform certain legal tasks.
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- pedalling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentangle — pentagram.
- 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.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- pluggable — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- pregnable — capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- propagule — Botany, Mycology. any structure capable of being propagated or acting as an agent of reproduction.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pupillage — the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
- purgeable — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.