9-letter words containing s, i, o
- exorcists — Plural form of exorcist.
- exorcizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exorcize.
- exosmosis — Osmosis in which fluid flows through a membrane towards a region of lower concentration.
- exosporia — exospores
- exostosis — A benign outgrowth of cartilaginous tissue on a bone.
- exoticism — (uncountable) The state of being exotic.
- exoticist — a person or thing which makes something (more) exotic
- exotoxins — Plural form of exotoxin.
- expansion — The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
- explosion — A violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb.
- explosive — Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart, as when a bomb explodes.
- expositor — A person or thing that explains complicated ideas or theories.
- expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
- exsection — A cutting out or away.
- exsertion — Protrusion; thrusting outward.
- exsuction — The act of sucking out.
- extension — A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it; a continuation.
- exteriors — Plural form of exterior.
- extorsion — (medicine) An outward rotation of a limb, organ or part of the eye.
- extorsive — acting or tending to extort
- extrusion — A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- fagottist — a bassoonist
- fail-soft — pertaining to or noting facilities built into a system, as in an automobile or a computer, for continuing operations on an interim basis and probably with reduced efficiency, if parts of the system fail.
- fair do's — equal shares or treatment
- fair oaks — Also called Seven Pines. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.
- fais-dodo — a country dance party.
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
- fatuitous — complacently stupid; foolish.
- favillous — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
- favorites — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- feijoadas — Plural form of feijoada.
- felonious — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- fibrinous — the insoluble protein end product of blood coagulation, formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
- fibrously — In a fibrous manner.
- fidelismo — Castroism.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- filoselle — Floss silk, or silk thread resembling this, used in embroidery.
- filovirus — any of several filamentous, single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Filoviridae, defined by their unique appearance and reproductive strategies, as the Ebola and Marburg viruses.
- fire boss — a person who inspects a mine for the presence of noxious gases, dangerous roofs, and other hazards.
- fire hose — a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires.
- firebombs — Plural form of firebomb.