9-letter words containing el
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philomela — the nightingale.
- photocell — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- pieceless — without any pieces
- pimpernel — a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.
- 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).
- pipelined — pipeline
- pipeliner — a person or company that specializes in laying pipelines.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- pixelated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- placeless — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- planeload — the amount of people or cargo an airplane can carry.
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- plateless — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platelets — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
- platelike — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- play hell — To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- pocatello — a city in SE Idaho.
- pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- porcelain — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
- pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- powellite — a rare mineral with formula CaMoO4, forming tetragonal crystals
- powellize — to preserve (wood) by boiling it in a sugar solution, as done first by W Powell of Liverpool; also, to preserve (wood) by treating it with arsenic, as marketed by N. S. W. Powell Wood Process Ltd.
- praeludia — musical preludes
- pre-elect — to choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor. Antonyms: reject.
- pre-model — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- precancel — to cancel (a stamp) before placing it on a piece of postal matter.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- prelature — the office of a prelate.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- preluding — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusive — introductory.
- prelusory — introductory.
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- pretravel — occurring prior to travel
- 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.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.