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9-letter words containing p, i, l

  • goldspink — a goldfinch
  • gospelise — evangelise
  • gospelize — Preach the Gospel to; convert to Christianity.
  • grapelice — lice that are destructive to grape plants
  • grapelike — Resembling a grape or some aspect of grapes.
  • grapeline — grapnel.
  • graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
  • grappelli — Stéphane (ˈstɛfən) 1908–97, French jazz violinist: with Django Reinhardt, he led the Quintet of the Hot Club of France between 1934 and 1939
  • grappling — a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel.
  • grill pan — a wide, shallow metal vessel used to contain food that is being cooked under a grill
  • gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
  • guildship — guild (defs 1, 2).
  • gyropilot — automatic pilot.
  • hair clip — clasp for securing hairstyle
  • half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
  • half-pike — spontoon.
  • half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
  • half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
  • half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
  • halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
  • halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
  • halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
  • haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
  • harpylike — resembling a harpy
  • heelpiece — Shoemaking. a piece of leather, wood, or other material serving as the heel of a shoe, boot, or the like. such a piece used in repairing a heel.
  • heliopsis — a genus of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
  • heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
  • helipilot — a helicopter pilot
  • heliports — Plural form of heliport.
  • helistops — Plural form of helistop.
  • helplines — Plural form of helpline.
  • hemophile — a hemophiliac.
  • hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
  • hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
  • hiplength — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
  • hippology — the study of horses.
  • hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
  • holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
  • homophile — a homosexual.
  • homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
  • homoploid — of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.
  • hospitale — a place of lodging
  • hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
  • hyperlink — hypertext link
  • hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
  • hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
  • hypoploid — having a chromosome number that is less than the diploid number.
  • ic-prolog — Clark & McCabe, Imperial College 1979. Logic language with coroutining.
  • ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
  • ideopolis — a city that is sustained primarily by intellectual enterprises such as education, the media, advertising, and design, with a highly educated workforce
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