9-letter words containing p, l, i
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spiralist — a person or thing that ascends in a spiral structure
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spireless — having no spire
- spirillar — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- spitteler — Carl [German kahrl] /German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), ("Felix Tandem") 1845–1924, Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1919.
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- splenitis — inflammation of the spleen
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splinting — a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- split off — separate from group
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- split pin — a metal pin made by bending double a wire, often of hemispherical section, so that it can be passed through a hole in a nut, shaft, etc, to secure another part by bending back the ends of the wire
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- split tin — a long loaf of bread split on top, giving a greater crust area
- split-new — brand-new
- split-off — the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
- splittail — a minnow, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus, of the Sacramento River, having the upper lobe of the tail much longer than the lower lobe: habitat changes have greatly reduced its numbers.
- splitters — a person or thing that splits.
- splitting — that has undergone splitting; parted lengthwise; cleft.
- splittism — the advocating of separation from a larger body
- splittist — a person who advocates separation from a larger body
- splodgily — in a splodgy manner
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- spondulix — money; cash.
- sponsalia — marriage; espousals
- sponsible — responsible
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- spoonbill — any of several wading birds of the family Plataleidae, related to the ibises, having a long, flat bill with a spoonlike tip.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- sprekelia — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, from Mexico and Guatemala, related to hippeastrum and grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers, in the form of a cross: family Amaryllidaceae
- sprightly — animated or vivacious; lively.
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.