9-letter words containing p, a, y, t
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play-list — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- plurality — the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
- ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- polytonal — marked by or using polytonality.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- portrayal — the act of portraying.
- portrayed — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- portrayer — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- pothecary — apothecary.
- pourparty — purparty.
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- primality — the state of being primal
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- procacity — insolence
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prokaryot — any organism having cells in each of which the genetic material is in a single DNA chain, not enclosed in a nucleus
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- puppy fat — Puppy fat is fat that some children have on their bodies when they are young but that disappears when they grow older and taller.
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- putrajaya — officially the capital of Malaysia since 1999, in the SW Malay Peninsula, and forming its own federal territory; a high-tech garden city (including nearby Cyberjaya); construction began in 1995 and is expected to be complete in about 2010, with a planned population of over 300 000; government functions transferred in stages from Kuala Lumpur, starting in 1999
- pyothorax — empyema.
- pyracanth — a thorny evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha, related to the hawthorn
- pyritical — relating to pyrites
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
- pyrolatry — the worship of fire
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- ratepayer — a person who pays a regular charge for the use of a public utility, as gas or electricity, usually based on the quantity consumed.
- repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.