9-letter words containing l, e, n, t, a
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- petillant — slightly sparkling.
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- pie plant — rhubarb
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pin plate — a bearing plate having a projection for fixing into masonry.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- 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
- platinate — Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- pollenate — pollinate
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prevalent — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- rain belt — a zone in which it usually rains
- rantipole — wild, reckless, boisterous
- rationale — the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- rattle on — talk at length
- ravelment — entanglement; confusion.
- re-rental — an amount received or paid as rent.
- reclinate — bending or curved downward.
- recountal — an act of recounting.
- rectangle — a parallelogram having four right angles.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reimplant — Surgery. to restore (a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure) to its original site.