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9-letter words containing p, t

  • isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
  • ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
  • jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
  • jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
  • jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
  • jet plane — an airplane moved by jet propulsion.
  • jillstrap — (informal) A pelvic protector, a woman's equivalent of a man's jockstrap.
  • jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
  • jump boot — a heavy leather boot originally designed for wear by paratroopers.
  • jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
  • jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
  • jump suit — a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.
  • jump turn — a turn in which a skier plants one or both poles in the snow in advance of the forward ski, bends close to the ground, and pivots in the air around the pole or poles.
  • jumpstart — Also, jump. Automotive. the starting of an internal-combustion engine that has a discharged or weak battery by means of booster cables.
  • jumpsuits — Plural form of jumpsuit.
  • juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • kakotopia — Alternative form of cacotopia.
  • kallitype — an photographic printing process using silver and ferric salts, popular in the 19th century
  • karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
  • karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
  • keep step — to remain walking, marching, dancing, etc, in unison or in a specified rhythm
  • keep time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • keg party — a beer bust.
  • key plate — (in color printing) the plate providing the greatest definition of detail, usually the black plate, on which the other plates are registered.
  • king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
  • kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
  • kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
  • kleopatra — Cleopatra (def 2).
  • klephtism — the activities or life of klephts
  • klopstock — Friedrich Gottlieb [free-drikh gawt-leep] /ˈfri drɪx ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1724–1803, German poet.
  • kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
  • la puente — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
  • la trappe — La Trappe.
  • lager top — a pint or half-pint of lager with a dash of lemonade
  • lalopathy — any defect of speech.
  • lamp-post — A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top.
  • lampadist — (in ancient Greece) a competitor in a race run by young men with torches
  • lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
  • lampposts — Plural form of lamppost.
  • lamproite — (geology) Any of several volcanic rocks having a high potassium content.
  • lampstand — a support for a light bulb
  • lap joint — Also called plain lap. a joint, as between two pieces of metal or timber, in which the pieces overlap without any change in form.
  • lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
  • lapidated — to pelt with stones.
  • lappeting — Present participle of lappet.
  • lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
  • lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
  • last gasp — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
  • last post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
  • last-gasp — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
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