9-letter words containing s, p, o, n, r
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- merperson — A mythological creature with a human upper half (head, arms, and torso) and a piscine lower half.
- minorship — the state of being a minor
- misprison — Misconstruction of misprision.
- monocarps — Plural form of monocarp.
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- newsfroup — (messaging, humour) A silly synonym for Usenet newsgroup, originally a typo but now in regular use on Usenet's news:talk.bizarre and other lunatic-fringe groups. Compare hing, grilf, and filk.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- no-trumps — a bid or contract to play without trumps
- non pros. — non prosequitur
- nonparous — having borne no children.
- nonperson — someone whose existence or presence is not recognized.
- nonporous — full of pores.
- noosphere — the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
- offprints — Plural form of offprint.
- offspring — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- optronics — Optoelectronics.
- outspring — to spring out
- outsprint — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- overspend — to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- padronism — a system of exploitative work controlled by a padrone
- panderous — resembling a pander
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- parsonish — like a parson
- part song — a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patroness — a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patterson — Eleanor Medill ("Cissy") 1884–1948, U.S. newspaper editor and publisher.
- penseroso — a pensive, brooding, or thoughtful person
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- peronista — Peronist.
- perotinus — ("Magnus Magister") fl. late 12th to early 13th century, French composer.
- 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.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- personals — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.