9-letter words containing s, p, i, e, l
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- 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.
- 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.
- plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- planeside — the area on either side of an airplane.
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- 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
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plus-size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- 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.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- priceless — having a value beyond all price; invaluable: a priceless artwork.
- prideless — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- publisher — a person or company whose business is the publishing of books, periodicals, engravings, computer software, etc.
- puerilism — childishness in the behavior of an adult.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulverise — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.