9-letter words containing r, i, o, p, e, l
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- pilloried — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pillorize — to pillory (someone or something)
- pipe roll — an annual record of the accounts of a sheriff or other minister of the crown kept at the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th centuries
- piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polarizer — a person or thing that polarizes.
- polverine — a glassmaker's potash
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- portatile — portable
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- precocial — (of an animal species) active and able to move freely from birth or hatching and requiring little parental care (opposed to altricial).
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prolamine — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prolicide — the killing of one's child.
- prologize — to perform or introduce by means of a prologue
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- recompile — to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- repletion — the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- repolling — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- ridgepole — the horizontal timber or member at the top of a roof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.