9-letter words containing i, t, s, a, l
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- 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.
- 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.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- 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-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.
- 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.
- 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.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- qualities — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- racialist — racism.
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reinstall — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- relatives — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- retailers — the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- ritualism — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- ritualist — a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- sacrality — sacredness
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- sail into — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- saintling — a little saint
- salicetum — a plantation of willows
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- salimeter — salinometer.
- salivator — any agent that causes salivation.
- salt lick — a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- salt mine — a mine from which salt is excavated.
- saltation — a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement.
- saltiness — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner