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9-letter words containing p, l, e, n, c

  • nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
  • nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
  • open call — an audition, especially for actors or dancers, open to anyone wishing to try out.
  • paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
  • parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
  • pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
  • pencil in — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
  • penciling — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
  • pendicler — the holder or renter of a pendicle
  • pennoncel — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
  • pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
  • percaline — a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
  • percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
  • periclean — of or relating to Pericles or to the period (Periclean Age) when Athens was intellectually, artistically, and materially preeminent.
  • pericline — a variety of albite occurring in large, white opaque crystals.
  • petulance — moodiness, irritability
  • phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
  • phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
  • picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
  • placement — the act of placing.
  • placename — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
  • placental — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
  • placentia — a town in S California.
  • pleasance — a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
  • pleasence — Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His films include Dr Crippen (1962) and Cul de Sac (1966)
  • pleiocene — Pliocene
  • policeman — a member of a police force or body.
  • policemen — a member of a police force or body.
  • polo neck — high turtleneck collar
  • polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
  • polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
  • polypneic — characterized by polypnea
  • porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • pre-clean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
  • prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
  • provencal — of or relating to Provence, its people, or their language.
  • punchless — having no punch
  • punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
  • purulence — pus.
  • replacing — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
  • replicant — an android that is indistinguishable from a human being
  • scale pan — one of the pans of a balance
  • scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
  • siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
  • splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
  • spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
  • uncapable — incapable.
  • unclamped — to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
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