9-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- exploring — The action of the verb explore.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fire-plow — a stick that is rubbed in a wooden groove to produce sparks for igniting a fire.
- flap door — Also called falling door. a door hinged at the bottom so as to fall downward and outward.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- floor pan — a solid bottom, found in some types of automobiles, that adds rigidity to the structure and serves as the base for the seats.
- floorplan — Alternative spelling of floor plan.
- flopperoo — flop (def 11).
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- foolproof — involving no risk or harm, even when tampered with.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- fort polk — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W central Louisiana, SW of Alexandria.
- galeproof — Capable of resisting a gale.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- gospelers — Plural form of gospeler.
- gospeller — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- 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.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- 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.
- ic-prolog — Clark & McCabe, Imperial College 1979. Logic language with coroutining.
- imploring — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- interloop — Between loops.
- interlope — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- iprindole — a tricyclic antidepressant drug. Formula: C19H28N2
- isopropyl — containing the isopropyl group.
- kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.
- lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
- lagomorph — any member of the order Lagomorpha, comprising the hares, rabbits, and pikas, resembling the rodents but having two pairs of upper incisors.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.