9-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
- shortstop — Baseball. the position of the player covering the area of the infield between second and third base. a fielder who covers this position.
- shotpoint — A shotpoint is a place at the surface of the Earth where a seismic source is activated.
- shotproof — able to withstand shot
- simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- sky pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- sky-pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- slant-top — (especially of a desk) having a slant front.
- slap shot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- sleep out — live-out.
- sleep-out — live-out.
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- slow spot — an area where only a relatively slow broadband internet connection service is available
- smoke pot — a can of chemicals that produces a great quantity of smoke when ignited.
- snap shot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snapshoot — to take a snapshot of (a subject).
- soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- soft copy — computer output displayed on the screen of a VDT (opposed to hard copy).
- soft porn — soft-core pornography.
- soft spot — a weak or vulnerable position, place, condition, etc.: a soft spot in their fortifications; a soft spot in the economy.
- soft-soap — Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- soften up — make softer
- soleplate — a plate upon which studding is erected.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- solipsist — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- solo stop — any of various organ stops designed to imitate a solo performance on a particular musical instrument
- soopstake — sweeping up all stakes
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- soundpost — a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- spazz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speak out — 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.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- spill out — overflow
- spilosite — a form of slate