9-letter words containing c, p, o
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sheepcote — a pen or covered enclosure for sheep.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- show copy — a positive print of a film for use at an important presentation such as a premiere
- showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
- showplace — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- skiascope — retinoscope.
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- soft copy — computer output displayed on the screen of a VDT (opposed to hard copy).
- somascope — a medical instrument used to inspect internal organs for disease
- someplace — somewhere.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophocles — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- speed cop — a policeman who rides a motorcycle and who checks the speeds at which motorists are travelling
- spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
- splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporocarp — (in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body.
- sporocyst — a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sport car — a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usually seating two persons.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spot cash — an amount of money paid immediately in cash
- spout cup — a deep vessel used in feeding babies and invalids, having a long, curved, rising spout.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- stockport — borough of Greater Manchester, in NW England.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- supercoil — superhelix.