9-letter words containing p, o, l, i, t
- plot line — Usually, plot lines. dialogue that advances the plot, as in a play or motion-picture script.
- plotinian — of, relating to, or in accordance with Plotinus or his philosophy.
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plow into — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointelle — a knitting design, usually in the form of chevrons
- pointille — (of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- polianite — a variety of pyrolusite, MnO 2 , having well-developed crystals.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- politico- — Politico- is added to adjectives to form other adjectives that describe something as being both political and the other thing that is mentioned.
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- pollution — the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- popliteal — of or relating to the ham, or part of the leg back of the knee.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- port vila — the capital of Vanuatu, on the island of Efate. Pop: 44 040 (2009)
- portatile — portable
- portfolio — a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc.
- portolani — a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
- post mill — a windmill built round a central post on which the whole mill can be turned so that the sails catch the wind
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- postilion — a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- pot still — a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- potential — possible, as opposed to actual: the potential uses of nuclear energy.
- potholing — exploring caves
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- powellite — a rare mineral with formula CaMoO4, forming tetragonal crystals
- precoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- prelation — the setting of one above another
- proclitic — (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile