9-letter words containing p, t, y, e
- orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
- outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- paediatry — the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
- pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- palmately — radiating from a central point
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
- parquetry — mosaic work of wood used for floors, wainscoting, etc.; marquetry.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- peer gynt — a play (1867) by Henrik Ibsen.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
- 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.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- pentylene — any unsaturated hydrocarbon with formula C5H8
- pepticity — good digestion
- perfectly — in a perfect manner or to a perfect degree: to sing an aria perfectly.
- perimetry — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- periptery — a peripteral building.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- 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.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- 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.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.