9-letter words containing a, s, p, o
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- cparaops5 — (language) A parallel version of OPS5 written at CMU, in C and compiling to C. CParaOps5 is available for Unix, Mach, Encore Multimaxen, and Sequent.
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- crapshoot — If you describe something as a crapshoot, you mean that what happens depends entirely on luck or chance.
- crapulous — characterized by intemperance, esp. in drinking; debauched
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- cytoplast — the intact cytoplasm of a single cell
- dead spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- despotate — An area ruled by a despot (\u03b4\u03b5\u03c3\u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
- diapasons — Plural form of diapason.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- diasporas — Plural form of diaspora.
- diaspores — Plural form of diaspore.
- diasporic — of or relating to a (or the) Diaspora
- diplomats — Plural form of diplomat.
- dish soap — a detergent added to dishwater in order to clean dishes
- disposals — Plural form of disposal.
- disproval — The act of disproving; disproof.
- docu-soap — a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama
- docusoaps — Plural form of docusoap.
- dopeheads — Plural form of dopehead.
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- drop pass — (in hockey and soccer) a pass in which a player in control of the ball or puck simply leaves it to be picked up by a trailing teammate and continues past it to draw off the defense.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- dysphonia — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dyspnoeal — Pertaining to, or of the nature of dyspnoea; in connexion with dyspnoea.
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- ear drops — Ear drops are medicine that you put directly in your ears one drop at a time.
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
- eavesdrop — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ectoplasm — Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm.
- encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- endoplasm — The more fluid, granular inner layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- episcopal — Of a bishop or bishops.
- episodial — Episodic.
- escallops — Plural form of escallop.
- escaloped — Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.