9-letter words containing s, l, i, n
- originals — Plural form of original.
- orleanais — a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- passingly — in passing; in a passing manner
- passional — of, relating to, or marked by passion.
- paulinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by or attributed to the apostle Paul.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penniless — without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pestilent — producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pinelands — the, an extensive coastal region in S and SE New Jersey, composed chiefly of pine stands, sandy soils, and swampy streams. About 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km).
- pink slip — termination of employment
- pink-slip — to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- plain-saw — to reduce (a squared log) to boards with evenly spaced parallel cuts; bastard-saw.
- plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plainsman — an inhabitant of the plains.
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- plannings — the act or process of making a plan or plans.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- plenished — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- postilion — a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- prelusion — a prelude.