9-letter words containing a, p, e, l, t
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pixelated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilated — slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.
- placative — placatory.
- place mat — a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.
- place-mat — a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.
- placement — the act of placing.
- placental — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- placentia — a town in S California.
- plain tex — (publication) Donald Knuth's original set of user-level macros for interaction with his TeX formatter. Dedicated TeX fans still prefer these over the more user-friendly LaTeX macros used by the majority of the TeX community.
- plaintext — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
- plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- plantless — having no plants
- plantlets — a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
- plantlike — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- planulate — flat
- plaquette — a small plaque
- plastered — drunk.
- plasterer — builder or decorator who applies plaster
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- plateaued — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plateless — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platelets — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
- platelike — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platemark — hallmark.
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- platinate — Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleatless — having no pleats
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
- pocatello — a city in SE Idaho.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.