9-letter words containing l, p, t
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philomath — a person who enjoys learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phlebitis — inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
- phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
- 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
- photocell — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
- photophil — an organism, such as a plant, that seeks, thrives on and requires strong light
- 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.
- phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- phytolith — a microscopic silica body that forms in a living plant and becomes fossilized.
- phytology — botany.
- 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
- pile into — crowd inside: a vehicle
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- pilomotor — causing movement of hairs
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
- pilotweed — the compass plant, Silphium laciniatum.
- 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
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- 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.
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- pityingly — full of or expressing pity: a pitying look.
- 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.