9-letter words containing s, p, i, t
- pinchfist — a miser
- pinsetter — a mechanical apparatus in a bowling alley that places all of the pins into position at one time and removes pins that have been knocked down.
- pinstripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pint-size — comparatively small in size: a pint-size typewriter.
- pipestone — a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscatrix — a female angler; a fisherwoman
- piss-take — A piss-take is an act of making fun of someone or something.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- pistillar — belonging or relating to a pistil
- pistoleer — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistolero — a member of an armed band of roving mounted bandits.
- pistolier — a person, especially a soldier, who uses or is armed with a pistol.
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- pistorius — Oscar (Leonard Carl), born 1986, South African sprinter in races for below-the-knee amputees; winner of six Paralympic gold medals (2004–2012); found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (1983–2013)
- 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.
- pithiness — brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- pituitous — mucous.
- plasmatic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plastisol — a dispersion of resin in a plasticizer, forming a liquid or paste that gels when heated.
- platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
- platonism — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platonist — the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play-list — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- pleuritis — an instance of pleurisy
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- pluralist — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plus tick — uptick (def 2).
- 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
- point-set — (of spaces) cast in widths that conform to standard point measure.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.
- pointsman — a railway switchman.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- politesse — formal politeness; courtesy.
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- pontlevis — a drawbridge.
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- popliteus — a thin, flat, triangular muscle in back of the knee, the action of which assists in bending the knee and in rotating the leg toward the body.
- port said — a seaport in NE Egypt at the Mediterranean end of the Suez Canal.
- porticoes — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- portieres — a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.