9-letter words containing p, o, i, s
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- exosporia — exospores
- expansion — The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
- explosion — A violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb.
- explosive — Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart, as when a bomb explodes.
- expositor — A person or thing that explains complicated ideas or theories.
- expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish pond — small lake for keeping fish
- fish shop — a shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishponds — Plural form of fishpond.
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- five-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips.
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- flipflops — Plural form of flipflop.
- fopperies — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- geoponics — the art or science of agriculture.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gipsywort — a hairy Eurasian plant, Lycopus europaeus, having two-lipped white flowers with purple dots on the lower lip: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- goldspink — a goldfinch
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- goopiness — the quality of being goopy
- gospelise — evangelise
- gospelize — Preach the Gospel to; convert to Christianity.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- gossipers — Plural form of gossiper.
- gossiping — Present participle of gossip.
- gossipped — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossipper — a person who gossips
- gossypine — relating to cotton
- gowdspink — the goldfinch
- groupings — Plural form of grouping.
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- heliopsis — a genus of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- hemipodes — Plural form of hemipode.
- high spot — The high spot of an event or activity is the most exciting or enjoyable part of it.
- high tops — denoting a sneaker that covers the ankle.
- hip boots — waders: thigh-high rubber boots
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hopkinson — Francis, 1737–91, American statesman and satirist.
- hoppiness — The state of being hoppy.