9-letter words containing p, l, a, s
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- 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.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- postnasal — located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.
- postnatal — subsequent to childbirth: postnatal infection.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pratfalls — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- pre-lease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- pressable — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- priscilla — a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- procellas — pucellas.
- prolapsus — prolapse.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- psaltress — a woman who plays the psaltery
- psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pustulant — causing the formation of pustules.
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- redisplay — to display again
- reperusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- replaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- resampled — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse