9-letter words containing p, l, e, t
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- predilect — chosen in preference; preferred
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatial — of, or relating to, a prelate
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- prelature — the office of a prelate.
- prelocate — to set, fix, or establish in a position, situation, or locality; place; settle: to locate our European office in Paris.
- premortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- preputial — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prerectal — in front of the rectum
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- presettle — to settle ahead of
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- pretravel — occurring prior to travel
- prevalent — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- prolative — functioning to complete the predicate
- proleptic — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- propylite — a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prudently — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- psaltress — a woman who plays the psaltery
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- ptolemaic — of or relating to Ptolemy or his system of astronomy.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptolemy i — (surnamed Soter) 367?–280 b.c, ruler of Egypt 323–285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt.
- puerility — the state or quality of being a child.
- pullulate — to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- pulmonate — Zoology. having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pulpiteer — a preacher by profession.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- pupillate — having a spot of a different colour in the middle
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.