9-letter words containing o, p, s, e, r
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- improvise — to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
- in person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- in-person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- inspector — a person who inspects.
- interpose — to place between; cause to intervene: to interpose an opaque body between a light and the eye.
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- isentrope — a line on a map or chart joining points having equal entropy.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- leprosery — a hospital for leprosy sufferers
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- meiospore — a haploid spore resulting from meiosis
- merperson — A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
- moreporks — Plural form of morepork.
- morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- nonperson — someone whose existence or presence is not recognized.
- noosphere — the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
- oospheres — Plural form of oosphere.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operators — Plural form of operator.
- operettas — Plural form of operetta.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- opposers' — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- oppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppress.
- oppressor — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- optimiser — Alternative spelling of optimizer.