9-letter words containing e, p, s, o
- open shop — a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
- open side — the side of the scrum on which the majority of the backs are ranged
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operators — Plural form of operator.
- operettas — Plural form of operetta.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- opponents — Plural form of opponent.
- opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- opposers' — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- opposites — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- oppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppress.
- oppressor — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- opsonized — Simple past tense and past participle of opsonize.
- optatives — Plural form of optative.
- optimised — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.
- optimises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimise.
- optimizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimize.
- opuscules — Plural form of opuscule.
- osteocope — severe pain in the bones, especially that occurring in syphilitic persons.
- osteopath — a physician who practices osteopathy.
- otoscopes — Plural form of otoscope.
- ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
- outpursue — to pursue farther than
- outsleeps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsleep.
- outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
- outspeeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeed.
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- overcrops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcrop.
- overpoise — the action of weighing down on something
- overpress — to oppress
- oversharp — too sharp
- oversleep — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- overspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
- overspice — to add too much spice to
- overspill — to spill over.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pad stone — a stone template.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- palaeosol — an ancient soil horizon
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms