9-letter words containing p, u, t
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- pneumato- — air; breath or breathing; spirit
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- point out — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- pollutant — something that pollutes.
- pollution — the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
- pollutive — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- portulaca — any of various fleshy-leaved plants of the genus Portulaca, especially P. grandiflora, widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flowers.
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- posthouse — house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- pot-bound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- potatobug — Colorado potato beetle.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- potpourri — a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
- poudrette — a fertilizer made from dried night soil mixed with other substances, as gypsum and charcoal.
- poulterer — a dealer in poultry, hares, and game; poultryman.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pound net — a trap for catching fish, consisting of a system of nets staked upright in the water and a rectangular enclosure or pound from which escape is impossible.
- pound out — to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc.
- pour into — If you pour money or supplies into an activity or organization, or if it pours in, a lot of money or supplies are given in order to do the activity or help the organization.
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- pourparty — purparty.
- pourpoint — a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
- poussette — a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
- poutassou — a gadoid fish, Micromesistius poutassou, also known as the blue whiting
- power cut — break in electricity supply
- practicum — (in a college or university) the part of a course consisting of practical work in a particular field.
- pre-audit — an examination of vouchers, contracts, etc., in order to substantiate a transaction or a series of transactions before they are paid for and recorded.
- pre-quote — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- preadjust — that aids in preadjusting, that makes later adjusting easier by advance preparation
- preattune — to attune in advance or beforehand
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.