9-letter words containing p, e, t, i
- partridge — any of several Old World gallinaceous game birds of the subfamily Perdicinae, especially Perdix perdix.
- passivate — to treat (a metal) to render the surface less reactive chemically.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pastelist — an artist who draws with pastels.
- pastiness — the quality of being pasty.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- patiences — a female given name.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patinated — to cover or encrust with a patina.
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patriated — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patricide — the act of killing one's own father.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pattering — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- paupiette — bird (def 6).
- peacetime — a time or period of peace: a large navy even in peacetime.
- peak time — prime time.
- pearlitic — Metallurgy. a microscopic lamellar structure found in iron or steel, composed of alternating layers of ferrite and cementite.
- pectinate — formed into or having closely parallel, toothlike projections; comblike.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pectolite — a mineral, hydrous calcium sodium silicate, usually occurring in radiating groups of crystals in rock cavities.
- pedantism — pedantry.
- pedantize — to act as a pedant; to make pedantic comments
- pedatifid — (of a plant leaf) pedately divided, with the divisions less deep than in a pedate leaf
- pediatric — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- pegmatite — a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pelletier — Wilfrid, 1896–1982, Canadian orchestra conductor.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pelletize — to make or form (concentrated ore) into pellets.
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- penistone — a coarse woollen cloth formerly used to make clothes
- penitence — the state of being penitent; regret for one's wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; repentance.
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- penitente — a member of a religious order, chiefly in Spanish-American communities in New Mexico, known for their practice of self-flagellation, especially during Holy Week.
- penninite — a member of the chlorite group, rhombohedral in habit.
- penticton — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- pentium 2 — Pentium II
- pentium 3 — Pentium III
- pentolite — a high explosive consisting of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and TNT.
- pentoside — a glycoside that, upon hydrolysis, yields a pentose
- pentoxide — an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen, as phosphorus pentoxide, P 2 O 5 .
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- pepticity — good digestion