8-letter words containing o, p, s, i
- opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
- opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- outstrip — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overskip — to skip over
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overspin — topspin.
- oviposit — to deposit or lay eggs, especially by means of an ovipositor.
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paraison — parison.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- passions — desire
- pathosis — a diseased condition.
- patinous — patinated.
- paviotso — Northern Paiute (def 1).
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pensione — an Italian boarding house or small hotel
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- phimosis — constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- physico- — physical, physical and
- physiol. — physiological
- phytosis — a disease which is caused by a vegetable parasite, for example a fungus
- pi meson — pion.
- pignolis — pine nut (def 1).
- pilotis' — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- pin-spot — to illuminate with a pin spot.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- piroshki — small turnovers or dumplings with a filling, as of meat or fruit.
- piscator — fisherman.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- pisiform — having the shape of a pea; pea-shaped.
- pisolite — limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- pisolith — a pea-size calcareous concretion, larger than an oolith, aggregates of which constitute a pisolite.
- piss off — urine.
- piss-off — urine.
- pissarro — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1830–1903, French painter.
- pisspoor — of extremely inferior or disappointing quality or rating.
- pistolet — a small gun