9-letter words containing p, l, e, a, s, i
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
- kalispell — a city in NW Montana.
- la spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paillasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- palisades — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- palliasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- papillose — full of papillae.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pastelist — an artist who draws with pastels.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.