9-letter words containing p, u, t, s, o
- pour test — any test for determining the pour point of a substance.
- poussette — a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
- poutassou — a gadoid fish, Micromesistius poutassou, also known as the blue whiting
- 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.
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- push shot — Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player shoots the ball from shoulder level or above.
- puss moth — a large pale prominent moth, Cerura vinula, whose larvae feed on willow and poplar, and are bright green with a masklike red head and claspers modified as "tails" that are protruded and raised in a state of alarm: family Notodontidae
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- pustulous — pustular.
- rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
- rapturous — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- sandspout — the sand sucked into the air by a whirlwind
- scoop out — remove, take out
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- sleep out — live-out.
- sleep-out — live-out.
- soften up — make softer
- 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.
- 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.
- spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- spill out — overflow
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spout cup — a deep vessel used in feeding babies and invalids, having a long, curved, rising spout.
- spout off — to spout words in a way that is hasty, irresponsible, etc.
- spoutless — having no spout
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- strip out — to remove the working parts of (a machine)
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- stuporous — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- sumptuous — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom