9-letter words containing s, p, i, n
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- pelmanism — a system of training to improve the memory
- penalised — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- peninsula — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- penistone — a coarse woollen cloth formerly used to make clothes
- pennalism — a system of mild oppression and torment practised upon first-year students of German Protestant universities in the 17th century
- penniless — without any money whatsoever; totally impoverished; destitute.
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pentoside — a glycoside that, upon hydrolysis, yields a pentose
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- peppiness — energetic; vigorous; lively.
- pepsinate — to treat, prepare, or mix with pepsin.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
- perkiness — jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- persienne — a kind of calico that is printed with a pattern, or a material that resembles this
- 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.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pertusion — the process or act of making a hole with a stabbing or penetrating implement
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pestering — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- pestilent — producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- petrinism — the body of theological doctrine taught by, or attributed to, the apostle Peter.
- petronius — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs), known as Petronius Arbiter. died 66 ad, Roman satirist, supposed author of the Satyricon, a picaresque account of the licentiousness of contemporary society
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- phansigar — a person from East India who operates as a thief and a murderer
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phosphine — a colorless, poisonous, ill-smelling, flammable gas, PH 3 .
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- phrenitis — inflammation of the brain; encephalitis.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- pianistic — relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- pin grass — common storksbill, a weed with fernlike leaves