9-letter words containing p, o, l
- holeproof — (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.
- holograph — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- holophote — an apparatus by which practically all the light from a lighthouse lamp or the like is thrown in a desired direction.
- holophyte — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- home help — A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homophile — a homosexual.
- homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
- homophyly — a resemblance due to common ancestry.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homoploid — of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- homotypal — of normal type
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- hoplology — the study of weapons or armour
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hula hoop — toy: plastic hoop
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- hypnology — the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- hypocotyl — the part of a plant embryo directly below the cotyledons, forming a connection with the radicle.
- hypoploid — having a chromosome number that is less than the diploid number.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- ic-prolog — Clark & McCabe, Imperial College 1979. Logic language with coroutining.
- ideopolis — a city that is sustained primarily by intellectual enterprises such as education, the media, advertising, and design, with a highly educated workforce
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- iliopsoas — (anatomy) A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
- impiously — not pious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.; irreligious; ungodly.
- impletion — An act of filling; the state of being full.
- implexion — a complication or entanglement
- imploding — Present participle of implode.
- imploring — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- implosion — the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
- implosive — characterized by a partial vacuum behind the point of closure.
- impolitic — not politic, expedient, or judicious.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.