9-letter words containing o, s, e, l, t
- pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polystyle — having many columns.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- post-hole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- reconsult — to consult (someone or something) again
- relations — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- resolicit — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- resolvent — resolving; causing solution; solvent.
- roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rostellum — Biology. any small, beaklike process.
- saint leo — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- salometer — salinometer.
- salt dome — a domelike rock structure that is formed beneath the earth's surface by the upward movement of a mass of salt, may reach thousands of feet in vertical extent, and is more or less circular in plan: often associated with oil and gas pools.
- salvatore — a male given name.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sassolite — the mineral form of boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany, H3BO3
- satelloid — a low-altitude satellite using engines with small thrust to maintain its orbit.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- sclerotal — a bony area or plate found in the sclerotic (the eyeball covering) of some animals
- sclerotic — Also, scleral. Anatomy. of or relating to the sclera.
- sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
- scolecite — a monoclinic white zeolite mineral, a hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 3 O 1 0 ⋅, 3H 2 O, occurring in masses and in needle-shaped crystals.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- seabottle — a translucent seaweed
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- sectorial — of or relating to a sector.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- sellotape — clear sticking tape
- sepiolite — meerschaum (def 1).