9-letter words containing ate
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
- perennate — to survive from season to season for an indefinite number of years.
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- periodate — a salt of a periodic acid, as sodium periodate, Na 2 H 3 IO 6 .
- permatemp — a temporary or freelance worker who accepts a series of short-term assignments, thereby continuing on a long-term basis without the benefits of a permanent employee.
- permeated — to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- pertusate — stabbed or perforated at the top
- petiolate — having a petiole or peduncle.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phosphate — Chemistry. (loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid. a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate.
- phthalate — a salt or ester of phthalic acid. Esters are commonly used as plasticizers in PVC; when ingested they can cause kidney and liver damage
- pia mater — the delicate, fibrous, and highly vascular membrane forming the innermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Compare arachnoid (def 6), dura mater.
- pie plate — a shallow metal or glass dish with sloping sides, used for cooking a pie
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- pin plate — a bearing plate having a projection for fixing into masonry.
- pinnulate — having pinnules.
- pixelated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilated — slightly eccentric or mentally disordered.
- planulate — flat
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- plateaued — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- 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.
- platelike — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platemark — hallmark.
- plateware — household dishes, especially ones made of or plated with gold or silver.
- platinate — Chemistry. a salt of platinic acid.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- plumulate — covered with soft fine feathers
- pocatello — a city in SE Idaho.
- pollenate — pollinate
- pollinate — to convey pollen to the stigma of (a flower).
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- ponderate — deliberate or intentional
- poor rate — a rate or tax levied by parishes for the relief or support of the poor
- populated — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- porporate — wearing purple
- postdated — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- potentate — a person who possesses great power, as a sovereign, monarch, or ruler.
- predebate — occurring or produced before a given debate; of or pertaining to the period leading up to a given debate
- predicate — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- preheater — an appliance used to preheat something
- prelatess — a female prelate