9-letter words containing p, l, a, n, t
- pantaleon — a keyboard instrument that preceded the piano
- pantalets — Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
- pantalone — an Italian comic character
- pantaloon — pantaloons, a man's close-fitting garment for the hips and legs, worn especially in the 19th century, but varying in form from period to period; trousers.
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantingly — eagerly
- pantofles — a slipper.
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- parlement — parliament.
- patanjali — flourished late 2nd century b.c, Indian scholar and philosopher: sometimes regarded as the founder of yoga.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- pectineal — of or relating to the pectineus muscle or the pubic bone
- 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.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pendulate — to swing in the motion of a pendulum
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentalpha — pentagram.
- pentangle — pentagram.
- pentathla — pentathlons
- penultima — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- percental — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- perinatal — occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- petillant — slightly sparkling.
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pie plant — rhubarb
- pig latin — a form of language, used especially by children, that is derived from ordinary English by moving the first consonant or consonant cluster of each word to the end of the word and adding the sound (ā), as in Eakspay igpay atinlay for “Speak Pig Latin.”.
- pigmental — of or relating to a pigment or pigments, or the natural colouring of a person or thing
- pin plate — a bearing plate having a projection for fixing into masonry.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- pintailed — having a tapered tail
- placating — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placement — the act of placing.
- placental — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- placentia — a town in S California.
- plain tex — (publication) Donald Knuth's original set of user-level macros for interaction with his TeX formatter. Dedicated TeX fans still prefer these over the more user-friendly LaTeX macros used by the majority of the TeX community.
- plaintext — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
- plaintive — expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
- planarity — of or relating to a geometric plane.
- planation — the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.