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9-letter words containing p, t, o, e, y

  • pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
  • pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
  • pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
  • petrology — study of rocks
  • phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
  • phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • 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.
  • phonotype — a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.
  • photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
  • photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
  • phototype — a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.
  • phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
  • pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
  • pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
  • polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
  • polyether — a polymeric ether.
  • polystyle — having many columns.
  • polythene — polyethylene.
  • polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
  • portrayed — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • portrayer — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
  • pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
  • pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
  • pothecary — apothecary.
  • precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
  • precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
  • predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
  • prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
  • prenotify — to notify in advance
  • procerity — tallness
  • proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
  • propriety — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
  • 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.
  • prototype — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
  • proturkey — a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km): 286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe. Capital: Ankara.
  • prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
  • pterygoid — wing-shaped
  • pterygote — belonging or pertaining to the arthropod subclass Pterygota, comprising the winged insects.
  • ptolemy i — (surnamed Soter) 367?–280 b.c, ruler of Egypt 323–285: founder of Macedonian dynasty in Egypt.
  • pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
  • pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
  • pyoureter — distention of a ureter with pus.
  • pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
  • pyrometer — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
  • pyrometry — an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
  • pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
  • repertory — a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
  • sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
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