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9-letter words containing p, o, n, t, i

  • patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
  • patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • pectinose — arabinose.
  • peltation — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
  • penistone — a coarse woollen cloth formerly used to make clothes
  • penticton — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • pentolite — a high explosive consisting of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and TNT.
  • pentoside — a glycoside that, upon hydrolysis, yields a pentose
  • pentoxide — an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen, as phosphorus pentoxide, P 2 O 5 .
  • peptonize — to subject (food) to an artificial, partial digestion by pepsin or pancreatic extract in order to aid digestion.
  • perdition — a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
  • peronista — Peronist.
  • perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
  • pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
  • petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
  • petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
  • phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
  • phonation — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
  • phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
  • phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
  • phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
  • phonolite — a fine-grained volcanic rock composed chiefly of alkali feldspar and nepheline, some varieties of which split into pieces that ring on being struck.
  • photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
  • pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
  • pigeonite — a monoclinic variety of pyroxene consisting mainly of a mixture of (MgFe)SiO 3 and CaMg(SiO 3) 2 .
  • pignorate — to pledge or pawn
  • pile into — crowd inside: a vehicle
  • pin joint — a mechanical joint that will transmit axial load but will not transmit torque
  • pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
  • pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
  • pinkertonAllan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
  • pinnation — pinnate condition or formation.
  • piñon nut — the small edible nut of a piñon tree; pine nut
  • pipestone — a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.
  • placation — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
  • planation — the process whereby an irregular land surface is made flat or level by erosion.
  • planetoid — an asteroid.
  • platinoid — resembling platinum: the platinoid elements.
  • platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
  • platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
  • platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
  • platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
  • plication — the act or procedure of folding.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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