9-letter words containing s, p, i, n, e
- polonaise — a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple meter, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples.
- 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.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- 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.
- predesign — to design beforehand or in advance
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- prelusion — a prelude.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- prentices — a male given name.
- 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.
- presenile — pertaining to or exhibiting the characteristics of presenility; prematurely old.
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presiding — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- presinter — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- presuming — presumptuous.
- prevision — foresight, foreknowledge, or prescience.
- priciness — the state of being pricey
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- prosiness — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- pugginess — stumpiness
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pushiness — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- raspiness — harsh; grating; rasping.
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- reinspire — to inspire again or anew
- replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- repulsing — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- reserpine — an alkaloid, C 3 3 H 4 0 N 2 O 9 , obtained from the root of the rauwolfia, Rauwolfia serpentina, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- sailplane — a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
- sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
- sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- sappiness — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- scarpines — an instrument for torturing feet
- scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2