9-letter words containing p, a, r, t, l
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- live trap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- multipara — a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.
- multipart — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on patrol — monitoring an area
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- overplant — to plant more than is necessary or possible to sustain
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- palaestra — Greek Antiquity. palestra.
- palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- palpatory — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- parablast — the nutritive yolk of a meroblastic ovum or egg.
- paraclete — an advocate or intercessor.
- paralytic — a person affected with paralysis.
- pardalote — any of several tiny, short-tailed Australian songbirds of the genus Pardalotus, having short bills and most having brilliant plumage with gemlike specks on the dark upper parts.
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- parlement — parliament.
- partially — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- patroclus — Classical Mythology. a friend of Achilles, who was slain by Hector at Troy.
- patrolled — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patroller — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- 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
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- 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
- perpetual — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- pictorial — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- 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
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- planarity — of or relating to a geometric plane.
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.