9-letter words containing t, e, l, o, s
- neologist — a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nonmetals — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- nonstaple — not staple
- nonuplets — Plural form of nonuplet.
- not least — notably
- novelists — Plural form of novelist.
- novelties — Plural form of novelty.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obsoleted — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obsoletes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obsolete.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- octuplets — Plural form of octuplet.
- odelsting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- oil stove — a heating device that burns oil (typically either paraffin or fuel oil)
- old style — Also, oldstyle. Printing. a type style differentiated from modern by the more or less uniform thickness of all strokes and by slanted serifs.
- old sweat — an old soldier; veteran
- old test. — Old Testament
- old-style — You use old-style to describe something or someone of a type that was common or popular in the past but is not common or popular now.
- oldcastle — Sir John (Lord Cobham) 1377–1417, English martyr: leader of a Lollard conspiracy; executed for treason and heresy; model for Shakespeare's Falstaff.
- oleasters — Plural form of oleaster.
- omelettes — Plural form of omelette.
- orientals — Plural form of oriental.
- orleanist — a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- osculated — Simple past tense and past participle of osculate.
- osculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of osculate.
- ostealgia — (pathology) bone pain.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- ostleress — a female ostler
- otologies — Plural form of otology.
- outersole — outsole.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- outhustle — (US, sports) To do a better job of hustling than (the other team).
- outlasted — to endure or last longer than: The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.
- outliners — Plural form of outliner.
- outlustre — (poetic, transitive) To surpass in brightness or lustre; to outshine.
- outmuscle — to get the better of or dominate by virtue of superior strength or force.
- outsailed — Simple past tense and past participle of outsail.
- outsleeps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsleep.
- outvalues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outvalue.
- overlusty — too lusty
- overslept — to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis