9-letter words containing u, t, i, p
- pertussis — whooping cough.
- petaurine — relating to a petaurist
- petiolule — a small petiole, as of a leaflet in a compound leaf.
- petit feu — a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- 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
- picturing — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- picturize — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- piece out — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- piñon nut — the small edible nut of a piñon tree; pine nut
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pirouette — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- pitifully — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- pituitary — pituitary gland.
- pituitous — mucous.
- pituitrin — an aqueous extract of the pituitary glands of cattle which contains the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin
- plaintful — complaining or lamenting
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platitude — a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
- plenitude — fullness or adequacy in quantity, measure, or degree; abundance: a plenitude of food, air, and sunlight.
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- plightful — filled with distress
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- 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.
- plurality — the excess of votes received by the leading candidate, in an election in which there are three or more candidates, over those received by the next candidate (distinguished from majority).
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- 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.
- pneumatic — of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- 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.