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9-letter words that end in l

  • penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
  • percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
  • perennial — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
  • perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
  • permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
  • perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
  • perradial — relating to the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
  • personnel — a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
  • petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
  • petit mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
  • phallical — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
  • photocall — a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes
  • 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.
  • photophil — an organism, such as a plant, that seeks, thrives on and requires strong light
  • phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
  • piccadill — a high stiff collar characteristic of the early 17th century
  • pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • piecemeal — piece by piece; one piece at a time; gradually: to work piecemeal.
  • pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
  • pilonidal — noting or pertaining to a growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in the deeper layers of the skin.
  • 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.
  • pipe roll — an annual record of the accounts of a sheriff or other minister of the crown kept at the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th centuries
  • piperonal — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble aldehyde, C 8 H 6 O 3 , which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis.
  • piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
  • placental — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
  • plaintful — complaining or lamenting
  • plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
  • plasmasol — the relatively fluid, inner cytoplasm of a pseudopod of an ameba.
  • plastisol — a dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming a liquid or paste that gels when heated.
  • plaustral — relating to wagons
  • play ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • 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.
  • play-bill — a program or announcement of a play.
  • plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
  • plightful — filled with distress
  • ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
  • pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
  • polemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
  • political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • poll evil — an acute swelling on the top of the head of a horse originating in an inflamed bursa that underlies the great neck ligament there.
  • polyaxial — having more than one axis
  • polygonal — a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
  • polytonal — marked by or using polytonality.
  • polyvinyl — pertaining to or derived from a vinyl polymer.
  • polyzonal — having many zones
  • pontypool — a town in Torfaen, in SE Wales.
  • pool hall — poolroom (def 1).
  • poor-will — a goatsucker, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, of western North America.
  • popliteal — of or relating to the ham, or part of the leg back of the knee.
  • poplog ml — SML for the Poplog system from the University of Sussex, UK.
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