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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.
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