9-letter words containing s, p, o, i, l
- sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
- ski slope — snow-covered hill at ski resort
- sky pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- sky-pilot — a member of the clergy, especially a chaplain of the armed forces.
- slip flow — gas flow occurring at hypersonic speeds in which molecular shearing occurs
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- slip hook — pelican hook.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slip-slop — meaningless or trifling talk or writing.
- slipcover — a cover of cloth or other material for a piece of furniture, as an upholstered chair or sofa, made so as to be easily removable.
- slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sloop rig — gaff-topsail catfish.
- slop pail — a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
- slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
- slopewise — in a sloping manner
- soil pipe — a pipe carrying wastes from toilets and sometimes from waste pipes. Compare waste pipe (def 2).
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- solipsism — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- solipsist — Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spiel off — to recite by or as if by rote
- spill out — overflow
- spillover — the act of spilling over.
- spilosite — a form of slate
- split off — separate from group
- split-off — the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
- splodgily — in a splodgy manner
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- spondulix — money; cash.
- sponsalia — marriage; espousals
- sponsible — responsible
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- spoonbill — any of several wading birds of the family Plataleidae, related to the ibises, having a long, flat bill with a spoonlike tip.
- sporeling — Botany, Mycology. the young individual developed from a spore.
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- stoplight — traffic light.
- strap-oil — a beating
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- supercoil — superhelix.
- syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis