9-letter words containing l, e, i, o, t
- planetoid — an asteroid.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plot line — Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion-picture script.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
- pointille — (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- popliteal — of or relating to the ham, or part of the leg back of the knee.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- portatile — portable
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- powellite — a rare mineral with formula CaMoO4, forming tetragonal crystals
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptolemy i — (surnamed Soter) 367?–280 b.c, ruler of Egypt 323–285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt.
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- quodlibet — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- reliction — the process by which water recedes over time, changing the waterline and leaving land permanently exposed
- repletion — the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness.
- reptiloid — having the form or shape of a reptile
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- retooling — to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- reviolate — to violate again
- revolting — disgusting; repulsive: a revolting sight.
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- rigoletto — an opera (1851) with music by Giuseppe Verdi.