9-letter words containing p, y, o, s, i
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyposis — the development of numerous polyps on a hollow internal organ, seen especially in the intestinal tract.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
- psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pyrolysis — the subjection of organic compounds to very high temperatures.
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- sciosophy — supposed knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena or forces, usually based on tradition, as astrology or phrenology.
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- 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.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- spinosity — the condition of being spinose
- spirogyra — a widely distributed filamentous freshwater green alga of the genus Spirogyra.
- splodgily — in a splodgy manner
- stony pit — a disease of pears, caused by a virus and characterized by deformed, pitted fruit.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- sympatico — simpatico
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- sympodium — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- symposium — a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience.
- symptosis — local or general atrophy.
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- synopsize — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- synoptist — one of the authors (Matthew, Mark, or Luke) of the synoptic Gospels.
- syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- syphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- typhlosis — blindness.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.