9-letter words containing s, p, i, c
- physicist — a scientist who specializes in physics.
- physicked — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- picturise — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pieceless — without any pieces
- piecewise — denoting that a function has a specified property, as smoothness or continuity, on each of a finite number of pieces into which its domain is divided: a piecewise continuous function; a piecewise differentiable curve.
- pietistic — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
- pinchfist — a miser
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- piscivore — an animal that feeds on fish
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- poeticism — a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.
- poimenics — pastoral theology.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- 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
- pop music — popular music
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- posologic — of or relating to doses of medicines
- posticous — hinder; posterior.
- posttonic — immediately following a stressed syllable: a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- precieuse — one of the 17th-century literary women of France who affected an extreme care in the use of language.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- precising — a concise summary.
- precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- precisive — characterized by accuracy or exactness: a precisive method of expressing oneself.
- precrisis — occurring or existing before a crisis; of or pertaining to the period preceding a crisis
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- prentices — a male given name.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- prescious — prescient
- prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- prescript — prescribed.