9-letter words containing p, a, t, o, i
- epulation — the act of feasting
- epuration — purification
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- ethiopian — person from Ethiopia
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- exotropia — (medicine) A form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
- expatriot — Misspelling of expatriate.
- expiation — The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- extropian — Of, or relating to extropy.
- far point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- far-point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- 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.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- impaction — an act or instance of impacting.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- imperator — an absolute or supreme ruler.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- in a spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- incompact — not compact; loose.
- inoperant — Not operant.
- inopinate — unexpected
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- kakotopia — Alternative form of cacotopia.
- lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
- lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
- li tai po — Li Po.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- nonimpact — Not involving impact.
- nonpapist — not papist, not Roman Catholic
- nonparity — the condition of having no parity; the state of not being equal
- nonpliant — not pliant; inflexible
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.