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9-letter words containing p, e, t, i

  • stovepipe — a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.
  • strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
  • strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • stupefied — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  • stupidest — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
  • stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
  • superbity — pride
  • supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
  • superthin — extremely thin
  • sweptwing — (of an aircraft, winged missile, etc.) having sweptback wings.
  • sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
  • tailpiece — a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
  • tailplane — horizontal stabilizer.
  • tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • taper pin — a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge
  • taperwise — in the manner of a taper
  • taxiplane — an airplane available for chartered or unscheduled trips.
  • tearstrip — the part of packaging that may be easily torn to open it
  • telepoint — a system providing a place where a cordless telephone can be connected to a telephone network
  • teleprint — to print out (a message) using a teleprinter
  • tempering — a particular state of mind or feelings.
  • temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • temps lie — a series of systematized and connected arm and leg movements done for practice.
  • tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
  • tephroite — a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
  • tepidaria — in Ancient Rome, the warm rooms of the baths
  • terpenoid — a class of chemical compounds including all terpenes
  • terpineol — any of several unsaturated, cyclic, tertiary alcohols having the formula C 10 H 18 O, occurring in nature in many essential oils or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • tex point — (unit, text)   The variant of the point used by TeX, equal to 0.3514598035 mm, or 1/72.27 inch.
  • thaneship — thanage.
  • the pinch — sharp, painful, or extreme stress, need, etc
  • the pinta — one of the three ships commanded by Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
  • the pipes — the bagpipes
  • therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
  • therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
  • thiophene — a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C 4 H 4 S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
  • tide pool — tidal pool.
  • tidepools — tidal pool.
  • tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
  • tie plate — a plate set between the base of a rail and a crosstie to distribute the rail load over a greater area of the tie and thus reduce wear and damage to it.
  • tightrope — a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
  • time copy — written material set in type and held for future use. Compare filler (def 5).
  • time lamp — an oil lamp of the 17th and 18th centuries, burning at a fixed rate and having a reservoir graduated in units of time.
  • time span — duration, period
  • time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
  • time-poor — lacking spare time or leisure time
  • timepiece — an apparatus for measuring and recording the progress of time; chronometer.
  • timespans — a span of time; time frame.
  • tin plate — thin sheet of tin-coated iron, steel
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