9-letter words containing e, p, s, o
- post-hole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- post-pose — to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”.
- postdated — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
- posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
- posthouse — house or inn where horses were kept for postriders or for hire to travellers
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- postponed — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- postrorse — directed backward.
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- potteries — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- poudreuse — a small toilet table of the 18th century.
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- poussette — a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
- power set — the collection of all subsets of a given set.
- power-saw — to cut with a power saw.
- powerless — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- praecoces — a division of birds whose young are able to run when first hatched
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- precensor — to censor (a film, play, book, etc) before its publication
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- precursor — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- prehensor — a part that grasps
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prelusory — introductory.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- prepostor — praepostor.
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- prescious — prescient
- prescored — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- preseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- press box — a press section, especially at a sports event.
- pressroom — the room in a printing or newspaper publishing establishment where the printing presses are installed.
- presswork — the working or management of a printing press.
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.