9-letter words containing c, i, s, o
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- opticians — Plural form of optician.
- optronics — Optoelectronics.
- orchestic — relating to dance
- orchidist — an orchid grower
- orgiastic — of, relating to, or having the nature of an orgy.
- orthotics — Also, orthosis. a device or support, especially for the foot, used to relieve or correct an orthopedic problem.
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osmically — with regard to smell
- osmoticum — (biology) Any substance that acts to supplement osmotic pressure in a plant or a culture of plant cells.
- ossiculum — (anatomy) An ossicle.
- ostracise — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostriches — Plural form of ostrich.
- ostricize — Misspelling of ostracize.
- otoscopic — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panoistic — (of insects) producing ova without cells to nurse them
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pasticcio — a pastiche.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- periscope — an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision, consisting essentially of a tube with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors and, usually, lenses: used especially in submarines.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
- pop music — popular music
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- posologic — of or relating to doses of medicines
- posticous — hinder; posterior.