9-letter words containing p, t
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- at a clip — If something moves or happens at a fast clip, it moves or happens quickly.
- at a push — with difficulty; only just
- ata point — (unit, text) (Or "Anglo-Saxon point") One of the two most common variants of the point, equal to 0.3514598 mm, or 0.0138366 inch, or 1/72.272 inch. The ATA point is used on the island of the United Kingdom and on the American continent.
- atabalipa — Atahualpa.
- atahualpa — ?1500–33, the last Inca emperor of Peru (1525–33), who was put to death by the Spanish under Pizarro
- atemporal — having the quality of being uninfluenced, ungoverned or unchanged by time
- atmophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for the atmosphere, as neon or helium.
- atom trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attempted — An attempted crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action.
- attempter — One who attempts.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- audiotape — Audiotape is magnetic tape which is used to record sound.
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- auraptene — A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autograph — An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
- autophagy — the consumption of one's own tissue by biting oneself
- autophoby — the reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical
- autophone — (archaic) idiophone.
- autophony — a diagnosis made by listening to vibration of one's own voice on the patient's chest
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- autopista — a Spanish motorway
- autoplast — autograft.
- autopoint — a point-to-point race in motor cars
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- autopsies — Plural form of autopsy.
- autopsist — a surgeon who specializes in conducting autopsies
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- autospore — a nonmotile algal spore that develops adult characteristics before being released
- autotroph — any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.
- auxotroph — a mutant strain of microorganism having nutritional requirements additional to those of the normal organism
- azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- b-picture — B-movie.
- baby spot — a small spotlight, usually 250–400 watts, used to highlight a specific section of a stage setting or acting area.
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards