9-letter words containing a, t, i, l
- planation — the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- 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.
- plantling — a young plant
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plastisol — a dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming a liquid or paste that gels when heated.
- platelike — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platinate — Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platinoid — resembling platinum: the platinoid elements.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play-list — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- plicating — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plication — the act or procedure of folding.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plotinian — of, relating to, or in accordance with Plotinus or his philosophy.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plurality — the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- popliteal — of or relating to the ham, or part of the leg back of the knee.
- port vila — the capital of Vanuatu, on the island of Efate. Pop: 44 040 (2009)
- portatile — portable
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- pre-trial — occurring before a trial
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy