9-letter words containing n, o, t, s, p
- protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- set point — tennis: point that will win a set
- shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
- shotpoint — A shotpoint is a place at the surface of the Earth where a seismic source is activated.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- slant-top — (especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- snap shot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snapshoot — to take a snapshot of (a subject).
- soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- soft porn — soft-core pornography.
- soften up — make softer
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- soundpost — a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate
- spinosity — the condition of being spinose
- spiration — the act of breathing
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsmen — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- spot news — the latest news, reported immediately.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotype — a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- stenotypy — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- step into — enter
- step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- sternport — an opening or window in the stern of ship
- sternpost — an upright member rising from the after end of a keel; a rudderpost or propeller post.
- stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stony pit — a disease of pears, caused by a virus and characterized by deformed, pitted fruit.
- stop down — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stop knob — stop (def 31d).
- stop sign — a traffic sign requiring a motorist to stop before continuing.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.