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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.
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