9-letter words containing t, i, o, u
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- plutonian — Also, Plutonic [ploo-ton-ik] /pluˈtɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- plutonium — a transuranic element with a fissile isotope of mass number 239 (plutonium 239) that can be produced from non-fissile uranium 238, as in a breeder reactor. Symbol: Pu; atomic number: 94.
- 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
- 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.
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- 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.
- potpourri — a mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance.
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- 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.
- pourpoint — a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- prick out — to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
- print out — the state of being printed.
- print-out — the state of being printed.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- pull into — When a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, the vehicle moves into the place and stops there.
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- punctilio — a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
- purgation — the act of purging.
- put it on — to make a pretentious show; pretend or exaggerate
- put it to — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put to it — to place in a difficult situation; press hard
- quercitol — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
- questions — Plural form of question.
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- quietsome — still, calm, quiet
- quillwort — any fernlike, aquatic marsh plant of the genus Isoëtes, characterized by clustered, quill-like leaves bearing sporangia in their bases.
- quintroon — a person having one octoroon and one White parent and therefore having one-sixteenth Black blood
- quixotism — (sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.
- quodlibet — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- quotation — something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech, etc.: a speech full of quotations from Lincoln's letters.
- quotative — (linguistics) Form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
- quotidian — daily: a quotidian report.
- quotients — Plural form of quotient.
- quotition — division by repeated subtraction
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- recaution — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.