9-letter words containing p, i, s, t
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- priapitis — inflammation of the penis.
- priestess — a woman who officiates in sacred rites.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- prismatic — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- privatism — concern with or pursuit of one's personal or family interests, welfare, or ideals to the exclusion of broader social issues or relationships.
- privatist — a person who exhibits a lack of concern for public life
- proctitis — inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prologist — a prologue writer or performer
- propontis — Marmara
- proptosis — the forward displacement of an organ.
- proscript — a proscription or prohibition
- prosodist — an expert in prosody.
- prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protistic — of or relating to the kingdom Protista
- protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
- psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- publicist — a person who publicizes, especially a press agent or public-relations consultant.
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsating — throbbing
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo