9-letter words containing s, t, p, e
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- 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
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- pett scan — PET scan
- pettitoes — pig's trotters, esp when used as food
- 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.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phlebitis — inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- phosphate — Chemistry. (loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid. a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate.
- phosphite — (loosely) a salt of phosphorous acid.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pietistic — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
- pinsetter — a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pinstripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pint-size — comparatively small in size: a pint-size typewriter.
- pipestone — a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.
- piss-take — A piss-take is an act of making fun of someone or something.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- 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.
- pithiness — brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
- plantless — having no plants
- 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
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- point-set — (of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.