9-letter words containing i, s, o, p, d
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- open side — the side of the scrum on which the majority of the backs are ranged
- opsonized — Simple past tense and past participle of opsonize.
- optimised — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pentoside — a glycoside that, upon hydrolysis, yields a pentose
- phosphide — a binary compound of phosphorus with a basic element or group.
- photodisk — a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner
- pinedrops — a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- polaroids — Polaroid sunglasses
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- 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
- post-paid — with the postage prepaid
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
- prosodist — an expert in prosody.
- redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redispose — to rearrange; readjust
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
- scopeloid — a member of a family of deep-sea fish with luminous spots
- scorpioid — resembling a scorpion.
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- soap dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- soap-dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
- splodgily — in a splodgy manner
- spondulix — money; cash.
- sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia