9-letter words containing s, l, i, p
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- 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.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plastisol — a dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming a liquid or paste that gels when heated.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plausibly — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- play-list — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- plenished — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- plimsolls — lightweight canvas shoes with rubber soles; sneakers
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- pluralism — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plus sign — the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- plus-size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- 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.
- polyposis — the development of numerous polyps on a hollow internal organ, seen especially in the intestinal tract.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice