9-letter words containing c, i, s, p
- misprices — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misprice.
- misspeech — (obsolete) Wrong speech.
- mock lisp — The Lisp used by the Gosling Emacs editor.
- nicopolis — city in ancient Epirus
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- nipcheese — a ship's purser
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- nosepiece — the part of a frame for eyeglasses that passes over the bridge of the nose.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- 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.
- 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.
- paracusia — defective hearing.
- paracusis — defective hearing.
- parasitic — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parecious — paroicous.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- paschal i — died a.d. 824, pope 817–824.
- pasticcio — a pastiche.
- patiences — a female given name.
- patristic — of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pectinose — arabinose.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- pediculus — a louse
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- 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.
- pesticide — a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
- pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- 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.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- physicals — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- physicism — the belief in the physical and material world as opposed to the spiritual world in matters of philosophy and religion