8-letter words containing o, p, s, i
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hostship — The property of being a host.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- implodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implode.
- implores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implore.
- impoison — Obsolete form of empoison.
- imporous — having no pores, having a compact texture, solid
- imposing — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- imposted — a tax; tribute; duty.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- imposure — the act of imposing: the imposure of a decree.
- impounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- in posse — possible; potential
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- incorpse — to incorporate
- iodopsin — a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isohypse — (meteorology) A line on a map connecting points of equal height of a given pressure level.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isopedin — the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isophone — an isogloss marking off an area in which a particular feature of pronunciation is found
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isospins — Plural form of isospin.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotoped — Simple past tense and past participle of isotope.
- isotopes — Plural form of isotope.
- isotopic — any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- isotypic — of or relating to an isotype.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- joseph i — 1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- lipgloss — Alternative spelling of lip gloss.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.