9-letter words containing l, p, a, t
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- 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.
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- petillant — slightly sparkling.
- petiolate — having a petiole or peduncle.
- petit mal — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petit mal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal)
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phacolith — a layer of igneous rock, which has the structure of a lens, and which occurs in an invasive position in sedimentary rock
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phil katz — (person) The founder of PKWARE, Inc..
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- photocall — a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- phthalate — a salt or ester of phthalic acid. Esters are commonly used as plasticizers in PVC; when ingested they can cause kidney and liver damage
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pie plant — rhubarb
- pie plate — a shallow metal or glass dish with sloping sides, used for cooking a pie
- pig latin — a form of language, used especially by children, that is derived from ordinary English by moving the first consonant or consonant cluster of each word to the end of the word and adding the sound (ā), as in Eakspay igpay atinlay for “Speak Pig Latin.”.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- pin plate — a bearing plate having a projection for fixing into masonry.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- piratical — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- 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.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pivotally — of, relating to, or serving as 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.
- placating — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placative — placatory.
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- 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.