9-letter words containing p, i, l, o, n
- prolation — the time relationship between a semibreve and a minim in mensural notation.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- pull into — When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pyroxylin — a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- repletion — the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- repolling — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
- slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- sponsalia — marriage; espousals
- sponsible — responsible
- spoonbill — any of several wading birds of the family Plataleidae, related to the ibises, having a long, flat bill with a spoonlike tip.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- telepoint — a system providing a place where a cordless telephone can be connected to a telephone network
- terpineol — any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
- top-liner — an entertainer who is important enough to be the star of a show
- toppingly — excellently; wonderfully
- tripleton — (especially in bridge) a set of three cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt.
- tropeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- unpiloted — without a pilot; unguided
- unpoliced — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- unpolitic — impolitic.
- unspoiled — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- walloping — a vigorous blow.
- wellpoint — a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with ground water.
- xenophile — a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.