9-letter words containing a, d, s, p
- senna pod — a pod of any of various tropical plants of the leguminous genus Cassia, used in making laxatives
- separated — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- sheephead — a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family.
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
- skaldship — the office of an ancient Scandinavian poet
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- soap dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- soap-dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaceward — going into space
- spadassin — a swordsman
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speedball — a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- speedread — to read (something) very quickly
- speedwalk — an endless conveyor belt, moving walk, or the like used to transport standing persons from place to place.
- spendable — available for spending.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spraddled — to straddle.
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stand pat — exactly to the point or purpose; apt; opportune: a pat solution to a problem.
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stop bead — a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.
- strappado — an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground.
- superroad — an extremely large road