9-letter words containing m, o, s, i
- optimises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimise.
- optimists — an optimistic person.
- optimizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimize.
- orangeism — the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- organisms — Plural form of organism.
- orgasming — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- origamist — A person who does origami.
- osmeteria — glands in some caterpillars that secrete foul-smelling substances to deter predators
- osmically — with regard to smell
- osmoticum — (biology) Any substance that acts to supplement osmotic pressure in a plant or a culture of plant cells.
- osmundine — compost made from dried fern roots
- ossiculum — (anatomy) An ossicle.
- ossuarium — ossuary.
- ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
- ozostomia — bad breath; halitosis.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- pancosmic — of every cosmos
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
- persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- plimsolls — lightweight canvas shoes with rubber soles; sneakers
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- pop music — popular music
- post mill — a windmill built round a central post on which the whole mill can be turned so that the sails catch the wind
- post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- promissor — (in law) one who makes a promise