9-letter words containing l, p, t
- expletory — Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
- explicate — Analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
- exploited — Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
- exploiter — One who exploits.
- explorate — (obsolete) To explore.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceplate — (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
- fall trap — a trap into which animals fall
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- file type — (file format) The kind of data stored in a file. Most modern operating systems use the filename extension to determine the file type though others store this information elsewhere in the file system. The file type is used to choose an appropriate icon to represent the file in a GUI and the correct application with which to view, edit, run, or print the file. Different operating systems support different sets of file types though most agree on a large common set and allow arbitrary new types to be defined. See also MIME.
- filmstrip — a length of film containing a series of related transparencies for projection on a screen.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
- flaptrack — (in an aircraft wing) a track along which the wing flap runs when it is being deployed
- flat pack — Flat pack furniture is furniture such as shelves and cupboards which you buy as a number of separate pieces and assemble yourself.
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- footplate — Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
- fort polk — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W central Louisiana, SW of Alexandria.
- fowl pest — an acute and usually fatal viral disease of domestic fowl, characterized by refusal to eat, high temperature, and discoloration of the comb and wattles
- full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- gantelope — gauntlet2 .
- gas plant — a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.
- glasphalt — a road-surfacing material composed of asphalt and crushed glass.
- glidepath — the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- goal post — either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
- goalposts — Plural form of goalpost.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- gum plant — gumweed.
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- handplant — (skateboarding) A move in which the skater balances on his hand after skating up to the top of a halfpipe.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- heat lamp — a lamp fitted with an infrared bulb to supply heat especially as part of physical therapy.
- heelplate — a small metal plate attached to the heel of a shoe to protect it against excessive wear.