9-letter words containing p, o, l, n
- plow wind — a wind squall with a narrow, straight path of advance.
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
- pointille — (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- pole bean — any vinelike variety of bean that is trained to grow upright on a pole, trellis, fence, etc.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- policemen — a member of a police force or body.
- pollenate — pollinate
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- pollinium — an agglutinated mass or body of pollen grains, characteristic of plants of the orchid and milkweed families.
- pollinize — pollinate.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- pollutant — something that pollutes.
- pollution — the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
- pollyanna — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- polo pony — a small, swift, agile horse specially trained for use in polo.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polverine — a glassmaker's potash
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polygonal — a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- polymyxin — any of various polypeptide antibiotics derived from Bacillus polymyxa.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- polyonymy — the employment of multiple names for the same thing or person
- polyphone — a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- polyphony — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polythene — polyethylene.