9-letter words containing o, f, s, p
- off stump — the outside stump opposite the one at which the batsman stands.
- off-piste — of or relating to skiing on virgin snow off the regular runs
- off-speed — slower than usual or expected, as a baseball pitch.
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- offspring — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- post-free — British. postpaid.
- postfault — taking place after a fault
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- profaners — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- professor — a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proof set — a set of coins (proof coins), one of each denomination, minted annually from highly polished metal on special dies, issued for collectors rather than for circulation
- proofless — lacking proof
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- reposeful — full of or suggesting repose; calm; quiet.
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- septiform — sevenfold
- sheepfold — an enclosure for sheep.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
- shotproof — able to withstand shot
- skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
- sleep off — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slip flow — gas flow occurring at hypersonic speeds in which molecular shearing occurs
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- soft copy — computer output displayed on the screen of a VDT (opposed to hard copy).
- soft porn — soft-core pornography.
- soft spot — a weak or vulnerable position, place, condition, etc.: a soft spot in their fortifications; a soft spot in the economy.
- soft-soap — Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- soften up — make softer
- soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- span roof — a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.