9-letter words containing l, p, t
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- politico- — Politico- is added to adjectives to form other adjectives that describe something as being both political and the other thing that is mentioned.
- polka dot — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- pollenate — pollinate
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- 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
- pollutant — something that pollutes.
- pollution — the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polo coat — a double-breasted, often belted overcoat made of camel's hair or a similar fabric.
- polt-foot — having a club foot
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- polyptych — a work of art composed of several connected panels.
- polystyle — having many columns.
- polythene — polyethylene.
- polytonal — marked by or using polytonality.
- polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- pontypool — a town in Torfaen, in SE Wales.
- 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.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- port vila — the capital of Vanuatu, on the island of Efate. Pop: 44 040 (2009)
- portalled — a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- portatile — portable
- portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- portolano — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- portrayal — the act of portraying.
- portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- post mill — a windmill built round a central post on which the whole mill can be turned so that the sails catch the wind
- post-hole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- postilion — a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- postnasal — located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.