9-letter words containing a, d, e, s, p
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- head shop — a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- headships — Plural form of headship.
- headspace — empty space left above the contents of a closed jar, can, or other container.
- heapstead — the buildings at the surface of a mine
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- in spades — a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- inspanned — Simple past tense and past participle of inspan.
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- knapweeds — Plural form of knapweed.
- lampedusa — Giuseppe (Tomasi) di [joo-zep-pe taw-mah-zee-dee] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ tɔˈmɑ zi di/ (Show IPA), 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
- lampshade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- lespedeza — any shrub or herb belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and lavender flowers, grown for forage, soil improvement, etc.
- loadspace — the area in a motor vehicle where a load can be carried
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- misopedia — hatred of children, especially one's own.
- mispacked — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- misshaped — Simple past tense and past participle of misshape.
- mouse pad — mouse mat
- opalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of opalesce.
- outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
- pad stone — a stone template.
- palisades — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- panderess — a female panderer
- panderism — the work of a pander
- panderous — resembling a pander
- pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- parasoled — having a parasol
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- pas d'ane — a pair of rings set below and at right angles to the quillons of a sword as a guard for the forefinger.
- pasodoble — fast modern ballroom dance
- passepied — a lively dance in triple meter popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries.