9-letter words containing s, t, e, l
- plantlets — a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
- plastered — drunk.
- plasterer — builder or decorator who applies plaster
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plateless — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platelets — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
- pleatless — having no pleats
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polystyle — having many columns.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- 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.
- post-hole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- preselect — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- presettle — to settle ahead of
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- psaltress — a woman who plays the psaltery
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- puttyless — having no putty
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- qualities — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quartiles — Plural form of quartile.
- quintiles — Plural form of quintile.
- re-enlist — to (cause to) re-enter into an engagement to serve in the armed forces
- realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- recyclist — a person who recycles
- reinstall — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.