9-letter words containing l, p, t
- postnatal — subsequent to childbirth: postnatal infection.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
- pot metal — an alloy of copper and lead, formerly used for making plumbing fixtures, bearings, etc.
- pot plant — A pot plant is a plant which is grown in a container, especially indoors.
- pot still — a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.
- pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- pot-holed — A pot-holed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- potholing — exploring caves
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- powellite — a rare mineral with formula CaMoO4, forming tetragonal crystals
- practical — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- practolol — a beta-blocker with formula C14H22N2O3, formerly used to treat cardiac arrhythmia, but now largely withdrawn due to severe side-effects
- pratfalls — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- pre-elect — to choose or select by vote, as for an office: to elect a mayor. Antonyms: reject.
- pre-trial — occurring before a trial
- prebattle — existing, occurring or carried out in the period before a battle
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- prelature — the office of a prelate.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prerectal — in front of the rectum
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- presettle — to settle ahead of
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- pretravel — occurring prior to travel
- prevalent — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- primality — the state of being primal
- primatial — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.