9-letter words containing a, s, p, o
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hospodars — Plural form of hospodar.
- hot pants — (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- hypospray — (science fiction) A kind of jet injector.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- iliopsoas — (anatomy) A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
- impassion — to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- in a spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- incompass — Archaic form of encompass.
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- isocarpic — having carpels equal in number to the other floral parts.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
- jalapenos — Plural form of jalapeno.
- japonicas — Plural form of japonica.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.
- lamp-post — A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top.
- lampposts — Plural form of lamppost.
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- last post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- liposomal — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- macro sap — Macro processing modification of SAP. D.E. Eastwood and D.M. McIlroy, unpublished memorandum, Bell Labs 1959. Led to TRAC.
- macropods — Plural form of macropod.
- macropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be larger than their actual size.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.