9-letter words containing p, a, y, t
- palmately — radiating from a central point
- 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.
- panchayat — an elective village council in India.
- pantagamy — a communal marriage system amongst members of a community or household
- pantingly — eagerly
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantryman — a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- paralytic — a person affected with paralysis.
- parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- partially — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- party hat — a hat, often made of paper, worn at a party
- party man — a person belonging to a political party, especially one who adheres strictly or blindly to its principles and policies.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- pastosity — having a heavy impasto.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- patty pan — a small pan for baking patties.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- paysagist — a painter of landscapes
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pituitary — pituitary gland.
- pivotally — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- placatory — serving, tending, or intended to placate: a placatory reply.
- placidity — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- 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.