9-letter words containing a, s, p, o
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plasmasol — the relatively fluid, inner cytoplasm of a pseudopod of an ameba.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plastisol — a dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming a liquid or paste that gels when heated.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- playhouse — a theater.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- 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.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- polisario — an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- poor laws — laws that provide for public relief and assistance for the poor
- port arms — a position in military drill in which one's rifle is held diagonally in front of the body, with the muzzle pointing upward to the left.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- post road — (formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
- post-boat — mailboat.
- post-paid — with the postage prepaid
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- postdated — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- postnasal — located or occurring behind the nose or in the nasopharynx, as a flow of mucus; nasopharyngeal: a postnasal infection.
- postnatal — subsequent to childbirth: postnatal infection.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- postulant — a candidate, especially for admission into a religious order.
- postulata — things postulated
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postwoman — female postal worker
- pot roast — a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.