9-letter words containing s, a, t, i
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- paysagist — a painter of landscapes
- pedantism — pedantry.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- peptidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptides or peptones to amino acids.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- peronista — Peronist.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- photopsia — a rare disease of the eye's retina that results in the perception of flashes of light
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- pillarist — in the Byzantine era, a Christian ascetic who stayed on top of a high pillar as a form of religious self-denial
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- piss-take — A piss-take is an act of making fun of someone or something.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plastisol — a dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming a liquid or paste that gels when heated.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play-list — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- 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.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- post-paid — with the postage prepaid
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- 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.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.