9-letter words containing l, p, t
- pearl tea — a frothy E Asian beverage consisting of sweetened tea with milk or flavorings, usually served over black pellets, or pearls, of tapioca.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pearlwort — any caryophyllaceous plant of the genus Sagina, having small white flowers that are spherical in bud
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pectolite — a mineral, hydrous calcium sodium silicate, usually occurring in radiating groups of crystals in rock cavities.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- pelletier — Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pelletize — to make or form (concentrated ore) into pellets.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pendleton — a city in N Oregon.
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentalpha — pentagram.
- pentangle — pentagram.
- pentathla — pentathlons
- pentolite — a high explosive consisting of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and TNT.
- pentylene — any unsaturated hydrocarbon with formula C5H8
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- 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
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- pestilent — producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- 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.
- petiolule — a small petiole, as of a leaflet in a compound leaf.
- 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
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- petroleur — a male individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- petrology — study of rocks
- 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
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- 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.