9-letter words containing p, t, i, l
- chalkpits — Plural form of chalkpit.
- chiltepin — a variety of chilli pepper, Capsicum annuum, growing wild in Mexico and the south-western United States
- chipolata — a small sausage in a narrow casing
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- cleft lip — a congenital split in the upper lip, often associated with a cleft palate
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- compilate — (rare) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
- complaint — A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
- compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
- complicit — If someone is complicit in a crime or unfair activity, they are involved in it.
- comptible — (obsolete) accountable; responsible.
- copiloted — Simple past tense and past participle of copilot.
- coprolite — any of various rounded stony nodules thought to be the fossilized faeces of Palaeozic-Cenozoic vertebrates
- coprolith — a hard stony mass of dried faeces in the intestine that is caused by chronic constipation
- cow pilot — sergeant major (sense 3)
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- dapatical — (obsolete) sumptuous in cheer.
- depilated — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depleting — Present participle of deplete.
- depletion — a depleting or being depleted
- depletive — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- diet pill — a tablet or capsule containing chemical substances that aid in reducing or controlling body weight, usually by suppressing the appetite.
- dip fault — a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks (i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks)
- diplomata — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomate — a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- diplontic — (of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form, except for the gametes, is diploid.
- diplotene — a late stage of prophase during meiosis, in which the chromatid pairs of the tetrads begin to separate and chiasmata can be seen.
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- duplexity — duplex apartment.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicity — deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- eclamptic — Of or pertaining to eclampsia.
- emplastic — adhesive
- emptional — Capable of being purchased.
- ephialtes — (obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare.
- epicotyls — Plural form of epicotyl.
- epilating — Present participle of epilate.
- epilation — The removal of hair by the roots.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- epileptic — Of, relating to, or having epilepsy.
- epilithic — (of plants) growing on the surface of rock
- epistoler — One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
- epistolet — a short letter