9-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- leporidae — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- leprosery — a hospital for leprosy sufferers
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- line drop — the decrease in voltage between two points on an electric line, often caused by resistance or leakage along the line.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- lipotropy — the process of breaking down excess fat in the human body
- liquor up — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lm-prolog — Lisp Machine Prolog. A Prolog interpreter in Zetalisp for the Lisp Machine developed by Ken Kahn and Mats Carlsson in 1983.
- logograph — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- logogriph — an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- loo paper — toilet paper
- lop-eared — having ears that droop or hang down.
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- low-power — (of a radio station) having the power to broadcast to a radius of only 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km).
- low-proof — low in alcohol content
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- mail drop — a receptacle or one of a series of pigeonholelike slots, as in an office, into which incoming mail is placed for pickup.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- merpeople — Plural form of merperson.
- metroplex — a vast metropolitan area that encompasses several cities and their suburbs: We're moving to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.
- metropole — A metropolis; the main city of a country or area. (from 15th c.).
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- mold-warp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- monopolar — Having a single pole.
- mu-prolog — (language) Prolog with "wait" declarations for coroutining, developed by L. Naish of the Univeristy of Melbourne in 1982.
- multiport — Computers. having more than one port.
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonplanar — Not planar.
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- nu-prolog — L. Naish, U Melbourne. A Prolog with 'when' declarations, the successor to MU-Prolog. Type-checked. "NU-Prolog Reference Manual - Version 1.3", J.A. Thom et al eds, TR 86/10, U Melbourne (1988). Available (but not free). (See PNU-Prolog). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- nullipore — any of the coralline algae with a crustlike plant body.
- oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
- oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.