9-letter words containing p, l, i
- prolixity — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- prolog-ii — Prolog with two new predicates: "dif" for coroutines and "freeze" for delayed evaluation. Available from ExperIntelligence, Santa Barbara CA.
- prologist — a prologue writer or performer
- prologize — to perform or introduce by means of a prologue
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptolemy i — (surnamed Soter) 367?–280 b.c, ruler of Egypt 323–285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
- publicity — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- puckishly — in a puckish manner
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- pull into — When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
- pull-ring — a small piece of metal with a ring attached which is pulled to open cans of food, drink, etc
- pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
- pulqueria — a tavern selling pulque.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulvillar — of or relating to a pulvillus
- pulvillus — a soft, padlike structure located at the base of each claw on the feet of certain insects.
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- pulvinule — (at the base of a leafstalk) a small swelling
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- punningly — in a punning manner
- pupillage — the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
- pupillary — pertaining to the pupil of the eye.
- pupillate — having a spot of a different colour in the middle
- pupilship — the state of being a pupil
- puppylike — resembling a puppy or the manner of a puppy
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- pure lisp — A purely functional language derived from Lisp by excluding any feature which causes side-effects.