9-letter words containing s, l, i, p, n
- 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.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- sail plan — a side elevation of a sailing vessel showing all sails and spars and some or all of the standing rigging, as if set directly fore-and-aft so that the true proportions are visible: sometimes combined with the rigging plan of the vessel.
- sailplane — a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
- salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- sillanpaa — Frans Eemil [frahns e-mil] /frɑns ˈɛ mɪl/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Finnish author: Nobel prize 1939.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- singspiel — a German opera, especially of the 18th century, using spoken dialogue and resembling ballad opera.
- sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- slip ring — a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.
- slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
- snap link — a link with a latchlike opening through which another link or catch can be fitted.
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spillikin — a jackstraw.