9-letter words containing a, l, p, n
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handplant — (skateboarding) A move in which the skater balances on his hand after skating up to the top of a halfpipe.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hellspawn — (fantasy) A creature or creatures from Hell.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- impaneled — Simple past tense and past participle of impanel.
- implanted — Simple past tense and past participle of implant.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- implating — Present participle of implate.
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- in places — If something has particular characteristics or features in places, it has them at several points within an area.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- indalpine — A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor marketed in 1983 as an antidepressant but swiftly withdrawn when found to cause neutropenia.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- jean paul — Burton, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- jet plane — an airplane moved by jet propulsion.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- lagniappe — Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas. a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus.
- lampooned — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lampooner — Someone who lampoons; someone who pokes fun.
- lampstand — a support for a light bulb
- land-poor — in need of ready money while owning much land.
- landloper — a wanderer, vagrant, or adventurer.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landslips — Plural form of landslip.
- lap dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
- lap-dance — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- laplacian — the operator ∂2/∂x2 + ∂2/∂y2 + ∂2/∂z2,
- laplander — Also called Laplander [lap-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈlæpˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a member of a Finnic people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and adjacent regions.
- lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
- lapsarian — Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.