9-letter words containing p, o, e, r
- slop over — to overflow or spill, as a liquid when its container is tilted
- slop-over — a quantity of liquid carelessly spilled or splashed about.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophomore — a student in the second year of high school or college.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- sponsored — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- sporicide — a substance or preparation for killing spores.
- sporidesm — a multicellular group of spores
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sporogeny — the process of spore formation in plants and animals
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- sportless — without any sport
- sportsmen — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportster — a sports car.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spot rate — trading: immediate price
- st-tropez — commune and seaside resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: pop. 5,000
- sternport — an opening or window in the stern of ship
- sternpost — an upright member rising from the after end of a keel; a rudderpost or propeller post.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stop over — stay overnight on a journey
- stoppered — a person or thing that stops.
- store pig — a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- stroppers — any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- super-ego — Your super-ego is the part of your mind which makes you aware of what is right and wrong, and which causes you to feel guilty when you have done something wrong.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbold — (of writing, ornamentation, styling) very or exceptionally bold or striking
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
- supergood — extremely good