9-letter words containing p, i, l, o, s, e
- loopiness — The state or condition of being loopy; craziness.
- 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.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
- overspill — to spill over.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- papillose — full of papillae.
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
- pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- 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.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scopeloid — a member of a family of deep-sea fish with luminous spots
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- sepiolite — meerschaum (def 1).
- septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.