9-letter words containing s, p, o, i, l
- maildrops — Plural form of maildrop.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- millponds — Plural form of millpond.
- misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- mock lisp — The Lisp used by the Gosling Emacs editor.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nicopolis — city in ancient Epirus
- nilopolis — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- oil press — a device for extracting oil from plant material, esp. olives
- oil spill — an accidental release of oil into a body of water, as from a tanker, offshore drilling rig, or underwater pipeline, often presenting a hazard to marine life and the environment.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- overspill — to spill over.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- papillose — full of papillae.
- passional — of, relating to, or marked by passion.
- pelopidas — died 364 b.c, Greek general and statesman of Thebes.
- pelorised — affected by peloria
- pergolesi — Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1710–36, Italian composer.
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- 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.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- pianolist — a person who plays the Pianola
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilotless — lacking a pilot or needing no pilot: pilotless aircraft.
- piroplasm — babesia.
- pisanello — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Pisano) 1397–1455? Italian painter and medalist.
- 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.
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plasmodia — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- 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.
- pleoptics — the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.
- plimsolls — lightweight canvas shoes with rubber soles; sneakers
- plotinism — the Neoplatonism of Plotinus.
- plutonism — the intrusion of magma and associated deep-seated processes within the earth's crust.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- pointless — without a point: a pointless pen.