9-letter words containing o, s, i, p
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- postilion — a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
- postiller — a writer of postils; an annotator
- postrider — (formerly) a person who rode post; a mounted mail carrier.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- posttrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- pot still — a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.
- potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
- potteries — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- prelusion — a prelude.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- prescious — prescient
- pretorius — Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus [ahn-drees vil-hel-moo s yah-kaw-boo s] /ˈɑn dris vɪlˈhɛl mʊs yɑˈkɔ bʊs/ (Show IPA), 1799–1853, and his son Marthinus Wessels [mahr-tee-noo s ves-uh ls] /mɑrˈti nʊs ˈvɛs əls/ (Show IPA) 1819–1901, Boer soldiers and statesmen in South Africa.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- priorship — the office of a prior
- prisonous — resembling a prison
- proboscis — the trunk of an elephant.
- proclisis — the pronunciation of a word as a proclitic
- procopius — a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.
- proctitis — inflammation of the rectum and anus.
- 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.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prognosis — Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- prologist — a prologue writer or performer
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.
- promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- promissor — (in law) one who makes a promise
- promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- propontis — Marmara
- proposing — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- proptosis — the forward displacement of an organ.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.