9-letter words containing p, l, a
- arpillera — a Peruvian hand-sewn wall-hanging, typically of exquisite detail
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- asphyxial — the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- atabalipa — Atahualpa.
- atahualpa — ?1500–33, the last Inca emperor of Peru (1525–33), who was put to death by the Spanish under Pizarro
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autoplast — autograft.
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- bad apple — a person with a corrupting influence
- bad place — Midland and Southern U.S. hell.
- bakeapple — the fruit of the cloudberry
- baldpated — (archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald.
- balled up — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- ballpoint — A ballpoint or a ballpoint pen is a pen with a very small metal ball at the end which transfers the ink from the pen onto a surface.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bee plant — any of various plants much visited by bees for nectar and pollen
- bel paese — a mild creamy Italian cheese