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9-letter words containing l, a, p, o, r

  • nonplanar — Not planar.
  • nonplayer — a person that is not playing
  • oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
  • oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
  • on parole — If a prisoner is on parole, he or she is released before the official end of their prison sentence and will not be sent back to prison if their behaviour is good.
  • on patrol — monitoring an area
  • operantly — In an operant manner.
  • opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
  • over-plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • overapply — To apply to excess.
  • overpedal — to play (the piano) with excessive use of the pedals
  • overplaid — a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid
  • overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
  • palampore — a cotton print woven in India and used for clothing, canopies, etc.
  • palempore — an ornately patterned Indian cloth; a bed covering
  • paloverde — a spiny, desert shrub, Cercidium floridum, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having green bark.
  • palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
  • para-bola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
  • parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
  • paradoxal — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
  • paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
  • paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
  • parasoled — having a parasol
  • parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
  • pardalote — any of several tiny, short-tailed Australian songbirds of the genus Pardalotus, having short bills and most having brilliant plumage with gemlike specks on the dark upper parts.
  • parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
  • parleyvoo — to speak French
  • parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • parodical — having or of the nature of a parody.
  • parvoline — any of various isomeric ptomaines found in liquid derived from decaying animal matter or bituminous coals
  • pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
  • patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
  • patrolled — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • patroller — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
  • patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
  • pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
  • payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
  • payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
  • payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
  • pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
  • pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
  • percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
  • permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
  • perorally — through or via the mouth
  • personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
  • phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
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