9-letter words containing p, t
- allotropy — the existence of an element in two or more physical forms. The most common elements having this property are carbon, sulphur, and phosphorus
- allotypic — relating to an allotype
- alpargata — a sandal
- alphabets — Plural form of alphabet.
- alphasort — to arrange in alphabetical order
- alpinists — Plural form of alpinist.
- altigraph — an instrument that measures altitude and records the measurements graphically
- altiplano — a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10 000 ft) to 3900 m (13 000 ft)
- ambrotype — an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper
- amenhotep — name of four kings of Egypt who ruled during the 16th, 15th, & 14th cent. b.c.
- ametropia — loss of ability to focus images on the retina, caused by an imperfection in the refractive function of the eye
- ametropic — relating to ametropia
- amphitruo — a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus.
- ampholyte — an amphoteric electrolyte
- amplitude — In physics, the amplitude of a sound wave or electrical signal is its strength.
- ampullate — Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied.
- amputated — Simple past tense and past participle of amputate.
- amputates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate.
- anaglypta — a type of thick embossed wallpaper
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- anapaests — Plural form of anapaest.
- anapestic — a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- anaptyxis — the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable
- ancipital — flattened and having two edges
- ant-pipit — gnateater.
- ante-post — In gambling, ante-post bets are placed before the day of a particular race or competition.
- antelopes — Plural form of antelope.
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anthropo- — indicating man or human
- anthropod — Misspelling of arthropod.
- anti-pill — denoting a material that does not form pills or that resists pilling
- anti-porn — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- antigraph — A copy or transcript.
- antipapal — opposed to the pope
- antiparty — opposed to a political party or to political parties
- antipasta — Misspelling of antipasto.
- antipasti — a course of appetizers consisting of an assortment of foods, as olives, anchovies, sliced sausage, peppers, and artichoke hearts.
- antipasto — Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.
- antipater — ?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
- antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- antipedal — (in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antiplane — (mechanics) Being or pertaining to a special class of deformation where the displacements in the body are zero in the plane of interest but non-zero in the direction perpendicular to that plane.