9-letter words containing t, s, o, p, y
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pistology — the branch of theology dealing with faith.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polystyle — having many columns.
- pomposity — the quality of being pompous.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- proselyte — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- provostry — the office of a (secular, ecclesiastical, or scholastic) provost
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pussyfoot — to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- raspatory — a surgical instrument for abrading; surgeon's rasp
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- 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.
- soft copy — computer output displayed on the screen of a VDT (opposed to hard copy).
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- spinosity — the condition of being spinose
- splayfoot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- sporocyst — a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- staphylo- — uvula
- stenotype — a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- stenotypy — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- stony pit — a disease of pears, caused by a virus and characterized by deformed, pitted fruit.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympatico — simpatico
- symptosis — local or general atrophy.
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- synoptist — one of the authors (Matthew, Mark, or Luke) of the synoptic Gospels.
- synth-pop — a type of pop music in which synthesizers are used to create the dominant sound
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- telescopy — the use of the telescope.
- theosophy — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
- top story — headline news item
- typhlosis — blindness.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.