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9-letter words containing o, s, i, p

  • proscript — a proscription or prohibition
  • proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
  • prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
  • prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
  • prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
  • prosodial — of or relating to prosody
  • prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
  • prosodist — an expert in prosody.
  • prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
  • prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
  • prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
  • protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
  • protistic — of or relating to the kingdom Protista
  • protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
  • proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
  • proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
  • provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
  • proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
  • psoriasis — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
  • psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
  • psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
  • psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
  • pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
  • pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • purposing — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
  • purposive — having, showing, or acting with a purpose, intention, or design.
  • pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
  • rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
  • rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • redeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
  • redispose — to rearrange; readjust
  • repositor — any surgical instrument used for correcting the position of displaced organs or bones
  • repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
  • rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
  • rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
  • ring spot — any of various plant diseases caused by a virus or fungus and characterized by concentric rings of discoloration or necrosis on the leaves.
  • rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
  • rompishly — in a rompish manner
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
  • sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
  • sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
  • saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
  • saprobial — relating to saprobity
  • saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
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