9-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- isopolity — equal rights of citizenship, as in different communities; mutual political rights.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- isotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
- juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- karpathos — an island off the SE coast of Greece, part of the Dodecanese Islands, in the Aegean Sea. 110 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- klopstock — Friedrich Gottlieb [free-drikh gawt-leep] /ˈfri drɪx ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1724–1803, German poet.
- lamp-post — A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top.
- lampposts — Plural form of lamppost.
- last post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leprosity — the state of being leprous
- leptophos — a solid compound, C 13 H 10 BrCl 2 O 2 PS, used as a nonsystemic insecticide for food crops and lawn grass.
- leptosome — a person of asthenic build.
- lipoplast — a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp that of seeds, in which fat is stored
- lock step — a way of marching in such close file that the corresponding legs of the marchers must keep step precisely
- logotypes — Plural form of logotype.
- long stop — a fielder who stands behind the wicket keeper, and catches balls the wicket keeper misses
- lopoliths — Plural form of lopolith.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
- midpoints — Plural form of midpoint.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
- mossplant — another term for moss
- motorship — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- navpaktos — Greek name of Lepanto.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- netphones — Plural form of netphone.
- nightspot — a nightclub.
- nine-spot — a playing card the face of which bears nine pips.
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- nonpapist — not papist, not Roman Catholic