9-letter words containing p, l, i
- slip step — a dance step made by moving the left foot one step sideways and closing the right foot to the left foot: used when dancing in a circle during Scottish reels and jigs
- slip-rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slip-slop — meaningless or trifling talk or writing.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- slipdress — a style of sleeveless dress with thin shoulder straps, resembling a slip.
- slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- slipsheet — a sheet so inserted.
- slipstick — slide rule.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sloop rig — gaff-topsail catfish.
- slop pail — a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
- slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
- slopewise — in a sloping manner
- snap link — a link with a latchlike opening through which another link or catch can be fitted.
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- soil pipe — a pipe carrying wastes from toilets and sometimes from waste pipes. Compare waste pipe (def 2).
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- solipsism — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- solipsist — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- spacially — spatial.
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spatially — of or relating to space.
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiceless — having no spice
- spicilege — an anthology or gleaning
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spiel off — to recite by or as if by rote
- spielberg — Steven, born 1947, U.S. film director.
- spikelike — resembling a spike
- spill out — overflow
- spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- spillikin — a jackstraw.
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- spilosite — a form of slate
- spindling — spindle side.
- spineless — having no spines or quills.
- spinelike — resembling a spine
- spinulate — having a spine or spines