9-letter words containing e, p, s, o
- stroppers — any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- super-ego — Your super-ego is the part of your mind which makes you aware of what is right and wrong, and which causes you to feel guilty when you have done something wrong.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbold — (of writing, ornamentation, styling) very or exceptionally bold or striking
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
- supergood — extremely good
- superhero — a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
- superjock — an extremely athletic person
- superlong — extremely long
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- superport — a deepwater port, often one built offshore, capable of accommodating very large ships, especially supertankers of 100,000 tons or more.
- superpose — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- superroad — an extremely large road
- supershow — an exceptional show
- supersoft — exceptionally soft
- supporter — a person or thing that supports.
- susceptor — a piece of metallic film on a package of microwaveable food that helps cook and brown the food by producing and concentrating energy on the food's outer surface.
- suspensor — a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc.
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- synopsize — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- tap shoes — shoes worn by tap-dancers which are equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound when the shoes are used for dancing
- telescope — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopy — the use of the telescope.
- telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
- the mopes — low spirits
- the polls — the place where people vote during an election
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- theosophy — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
- tidepools — tidal pool.
- tisiphone — one of the Furies.
- to pieces — into shreds or small bits
- tonle sap — a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.
- top shelf — of highest quality
- top-dress — to manure (land) on the surface.
- top-shell — any marine gastropod mollusc of the mainly tropical Old World family Trochidae, having a typically brightly coloured top-shaped or conical shell
- top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.