9-letter words containing p, l, a
- belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bhagalpur — a city in India, in Bihar: agriculture, textiles, university (1960). Pop: 340 349 (2001)
- bicipital — having two heads
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
- black cap — any of several birds having the top of the head black, as the chickadee and certain warblers, especially the Old World blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla.
- black pad — a rough road or track
- black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
- blackdamp — air that is low in oxygen content and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine
- blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
- blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
- body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- bump ball — a ball that bounces into the air after being hit directly into the ground by the batsman
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- calc-spar — calcite.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- call slip — a form for requesting a library book by title and call number
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- cam plant — any plant that undergoes a form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
- campanile — (esp in Italy) a bell tower, not usually attached to another building
- campanula — any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- candlepin — a bowling pin, as used in skittles, tenpin bowling, candlepins, etc
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- capellini — a very thin and light pasta that resembles spaghetti
- capillary — Capillaries are tiny blood vessels in your body.
- capitally — in an excellent manner; admirably