9-letter words containing pli
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- sheeplike — any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- simpliste — someone who tends to over-simplify
- sleeplike — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splinting — a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- split off — separate from group
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- split pin — a metal pin made by bending double a wire, often of hemispherical section, so that it can be passed through a hole in a nut, shaft, etc, to secure another part by bending back the ends of the wire
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- split tin — a long loaf of bread split on top, giving a greater crust area
- split-new — brand-new
- split-off — the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
- splittail — a minnow, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus, of the Sacramento River, having the upper lobe of the tail much longer than the lower lobe: habitat changes have greatly reduced its numbers.
- splitters — a person or thing that splits.
- splitting — that has undergone splitting; parted lengthwise; cleft.
- splittism — the advocating of separation from a larger body
- splittist — a person who advocates separation from a larger body
- steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- stippling — to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
- stoplight — traffic light.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- stripling — a youth.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- traplight — a lighting device used to trap insects, especially moths.
- unapplied — having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.
- unimplied — involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood: an implied rebuke; an implied compliment.
- unpliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- unpliably — in an unpliable manner
- unreplied — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- uplifting — inspirational; offering or providing hope, encouragement, salvation, etc.: an uplifting sermon.
- uplighter — a lamp or wall light designed or positioned to cast its light upwards