9-letter words containing p, i, l, e, s
- helplines — Plural form of helpline.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- ideopolis — a city that is sustained primarily by intellectual enterprises such as education, the media, advertising, and design, with a highly educated workforce
- ill-spent — misspent; wasted.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- implosive — characterized by a partial vacuum behind the point of closure.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- interlisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp developed in 1967 by Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Cambridge, MA) as a descendant of BBN-Lisp. It emphasises user interfaces. It is currently[?] supported by Xerox PARC. Interlisp was one of two main branches of LISP (the other being MACLISP). In 1981 Common LISP was begun in an effort to combine the best features of both. Interlisp includes a Lisp programming environment. It is dynamically scoped. LAMBDA functions evaluate their arguments, NLAMBDA functions do not. Any function could be called with optional arguments. See also AM, CLISP, Interlisp-10, Interlisp-D.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
- kalispell — a city in NW Montana.
- klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
- la spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leucippus — 5th century bc Greek philosopher, who originated the atomist theory of matter, developed by his disciple, Democritus
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- liposomes — Plural form of liposome.
- lippiness — the characteristic of being excessively outspoken or brash
- liripipes — Plural form of liripipe.
- listen up — pay attention, listen
- logiscope — Software quality analysis tools from Verilog SA, used to evaluate the quality of software, both statically (based on software metrics) and dynamically.
- loopiness — The state or condition of being loopy; craziness.
- lumpenism — Lumpen beliefs or behaviour.
- lumpiness — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- mislippen — to distrust or suspect
- mispickel — arsenopyrite.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- misspells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misspell.
- multiples — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- multistep — Involving multiple steps.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol