9-letter words containing p, l, e, g
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- multipage — Including or containing multiple pages.
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- open goal — a goal which is left open or undefended
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- paleogene — noting or pertaining to the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, in the system adopted by some geologists, occurring from 65 to 25 million years ago and including the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene epochs: corresponds to the earlier part of the Tertiary Period in the system generally used in the U.S. Compare Neogene.
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- palleting — a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- panelling — wood or other material made into panels.
- papergirl — a girl who delivers newspapers to homes.
- paraglide — to engage in paragliding.
- paralegal — an attorney's assistant, not admitted to the practice of law but trained to perform certain legal tasks.
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- parceling — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- pedalling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pedologic — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- peglegged — having a wooden or artificial leg
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pellagrin — a person affected with pellagra.
- penciling — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentangle — pentagram.
- pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- petrology — study of rocks
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- pilfering — stealing, petty theft
- pilgrimer — a pilgrim
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- pluggable — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.