9-letter words containing p, a, t, l
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- 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.
- footplate — Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
- 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.
- 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.
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- heptaglot — a book written in seven languages
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- homotypal — of normal type
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- hypertalk — A verbose semicompiled language by Bill Atkinson and Dan Winkler, with loose syntax and high readability. HyperTalk uses HyperCard as an object management system, development environment and interface builder. Programs are organised into "stacks" of "cards", each of which may have "buttons" and "fields". All data storage is in zero-terminated strings in fields, local, or global variables; all data references are through "chunk expressions" of the form: 'last item of background field "Name List" of card ID 34217'. Flow of control is event-driven and uses message-passing among scripts that are attached to stack, background, card, field and button objects.
- hypethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- ice plant — a plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, native to the Mediterranean region, having fleshy leaves that are covered with glistening vesicles and are sometimes eaten as greens.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- impartial — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- implanted — Simple past tense and past participle of implant.
- implanter — Someone or something that implants.
- implating — Present participle of implate.
- implicant — (propositional calculus) The hypothesis of an implication.
- implicate — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.