9-letter words containing e, p, s, o
- playhouse — a theater.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumulose — shaped like a downy feather or plumule.
- 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.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- poetaster — an inferior poet; a writer of indifferent verse.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- point-set — (of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polystyle — having many columns.
- pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
- ponderosa — a North American pine tree
- ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- poroscope — an instrument for measuring porosity
- port dues — the charge for the use of a port
- porteress — portress.
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- portieres — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- posidrive — having a patent screwhead that allows greater torque
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- positives — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- possessed — spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
- possesses — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- possessor — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
- post-free — British. postpaid.