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