9-letter words containing p, u, t
- petit feu — a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- petroleum — oil used for fuel
- petroleur — a male individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- picturing — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- picturize — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- piece out — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- piñon nut — the small edible nut of a piñon tree; pine nut
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- pituitary — pituitary gland.
- pituitous — mucous.
- pituitrin — an aqueous extract of the pituitary glands of cattle which contains the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plant bug — any of numerous, often brightly colored hemipterous insects of the family Miridae that feed on the juices of plants.
- plant out — When you plant out young plants, you plant them in the ground in the place where they are to be left to grow.
- planulate — flat
- plaquette — a small plaque
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plateaued — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- plaustral — relating to wagons
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plightful — filled with distress
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- plummeted — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plurality — the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
- plutology — the study of wealth
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.