9-letter words containing r, e, p, l
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- large-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of $5 billion or more.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leap year — (in the Gregorian calendar) a year that contains 366 days, with February 29 as an additional day: occurring in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
- 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.
- lexigraph — A lexigram or ideograph, a graphical depiction of a single word.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- life peer — a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- 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
- liripipes — Plural form of liripipe.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- liverpool — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lone pair — shoes, eyes
- 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.
- low-power — (of a radio station) having the power to broadcast to a radius of only 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km).
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- malipiero — Gian Francesco [jahn frahn-che-skaw] /dʒɑn frɑnˈtʃɛ skɔ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, Italian composer.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- 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.
- millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- 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.
- nelspruit — a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
- neuropile — Alternative form of neuropil.
- nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
- nonplayer — a person that is not playing
- 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.
- on parole — If a prisoner is on parole, he or she is released before the official end of their prison sentence and will not be sent back to prison if their behaviour is good.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees