9-letter words containing p, i, o, u, s
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- ipso jure — by the law itself; by operation of law.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- outstrips — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outstrip.
- oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- parecious — paroicous.
- paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
- pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- piousness — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- pituitous — mucous.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollusion — a word used by a comic character in Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost to mean "allusion"
- pop music — popular music
- 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.
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- posturise — to posture; pose.
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- 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.
- 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
- prelusion — a prelude.
- 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.
- prisonous — resembling a prison
- procopius — a.d. c490–c562, Greek historian.
- profusion — abundance; abundant quantity.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- prolusion — a preliminary written article.