9-letter words containing p, i, o, t
- dirt poor — lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- dirt-poor — lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.
- diruption — (archaic) disruption.
- disported — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disposest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of dispose.
- disposeth — Archaic third-person singular form of dispose.
- disprofit — to (cause to) fail to profit
- disruptor — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- dot pitch — (hardware) The distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same colour (red, green or blue) on a color CRT. Dot pitch is typically from 0.28 to 0.51 mm but large presentation monitors may go up to 1.0 mm. The smaller the dot pitch, the crisper the image, 0.31 or less provides a sharp image, especially when displaying text. Dot pitch measurements between conventional tubes and Sony's Trinitron tubes are roughly, but not exactly comparable. Sony's CRTs use vertical stripes, not dots, and its measurement is the distance between stripes, not the diagonal distance between dots.
- dripstone — Architecture. a stone molding used as a drip.
- drop girt — a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- ectropion — A condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outward away from the eyeball.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- emptional — Capable of being purchased.
- end point — extremity
- endpoints — Plural form of endpoint.
- entoptics — the study of entoptic visions
- entropies — Plural form of entropy.
- entropion — the turning inwards of the edge of the eyelid
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.
- epidosite — a rock formed of quartz and epidote
- epilation — The removal of hair by the roots.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epistoler — One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
- epistolet — a short letter
- epistolic — Relating to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
- epitomist — One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
- epitomize — Be a perfect example of.
- epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
- epulation — the act of feasting
- epuration — purification
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- esotropic — (of an eye) turning inwards
- estopping — Present participle of estop.
- ethiopian — person from Ethiopia
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- etoposide — (medicine) A derivative of podophyllotoxin that is used in the treatment of some cancers by inhibiting mitosis.
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- evaporite — A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
- exception — A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
- exemption — The process of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
- exit poll — survey of voters