9-Letter Words Containing _,I,L,N,O,P,S,T

• a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• To plug; to stop up.

• a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail

• a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a single slug of metal

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

• The old geological theory that the rocks forming the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again.

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• To shoot (at) a target with a pistol.