9-letter words containing c, s, p
- pensacola — a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.
- pentecost — a Christian festival celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter, commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles; Whitsunday.
- perceives — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- percussor — plexor.
- 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.
- persecute — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- pesticide — a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests.
- pett scan — PET scan
- 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.
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- 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
- physicist — a scientist who specializes in physics.
- physicked — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pieceless — without any pieces
- piecewise — denoting that a function has a specified property, as smoothness or continuity, on each of a finite number of pieces into which its domain is divided: a piecewise continuous function; a piecewise differentiable curve.
- pietistic — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pinchfist — a miser
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- 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.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- placeless — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plackless — lacking money; penniless
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- pleasance — a place laid out as a pleasure garden or promenade.
- pleasence — Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His films include Dr Crippen (1962) and Cul de Sac (1966)
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- 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.