9-letter words containing l, a, p, o
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- foolscaps — Plural form of foolscap.
- footplate — Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- galeproof — Capable of resisting a gale.
- gallipoli — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- gallopade — galop.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- galloping — at a gallop; running or moving quickly.
- gang plow — a combination of two or more plows in one frame.
- gantelope — gauntlet2 .
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- glass pox — alastrim, or mild smallpox.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- goal post — either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
- goalposts — Plural form of goalpost.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- 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.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hexapodal — of or relating to the hexapods
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- holograph — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- homotypal — of normal type
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hula hoop — toy: plastic hoop