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9-letter words containing s, i, m, p, o

  • panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
  • panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
  • parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
  • pastorium — a Baptist parsonage.
  • peristome — Botany. the one or two circles of small, pointed, toothlike appendages around the orifice of a capsule or urn of mosses, appearing when the lid is removed.
  • persimmon — any of several trees of the genus Diospyros, especially D. virginiana, of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe, and D. kaki, of Japan and China, bearing soft, red or orange fruit.
  • phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
  • phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
  • piroplasm — babesia.
  • pisciform — shaped like a fish.
  • plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
  • platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
  • plimsolls — lightweight canvas shoes with rubber soles; sneakers
  • plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
  • plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
  • poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
  • pogromist — a person who participates in a pogrom
  • poimenics — pastoral theology.
  • pointsman — a railway switchman.
  • 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.
  • pop music — popular music
  • post mill — a windmill built round a central post on which the whole mill can be turned so that the sails catch the wind
  • post time — the time at which the entries in a race are required to be at the starting post.
  • potassium — a silvery-white metallic element that oxidizes rapidly in the air and whose compounds are used as fertilizer and in special hard glasses. Symbol: K; atomic weight: 39.102; atomic number: 19; specific gravity: 0.86 at 20°C.
  • poujadism — a conservative reactionary movement to protect the business interests of small traders
  • preimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
  • premosaic — of the period before Moses
  • promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • promissor — (in law) one who makes a promise
  • promuscis — the proboscis of some insects
  • prosimian — belonging or pertaining to the primate suborder Prosimii, characterized by nocturnal habits, a long face with a moist snout, prominent whiskers, large mobile ears, and large, slightly sideways-facing eyes, comprising the lemur, loris, potto, bush baby, and aye-aye. Compare anthropoid.
  • proxemics — Sociology, Psychology. the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction.
  • ptolemies — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
  • pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
  • rompishly — in a rompish manner
  • semigroup — an algebraic system closed under an associative binary operation.
  • semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
  • semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
  • septiform — sevenfold
  • septimole — a group of seven musical notes to be played in the same space of time as either four or six
  • simpatico — congenial or like-minded; likable: I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.
  • simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
  • skip-bomb — to attack (a target) by skip bombing.
  • slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
  • solipsism — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
  • spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
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