9-letter words containing a, l, s, p
- slap bass — a rock or jazz style of playing the electric or double bass in which the strings are plucked and released so as to vibrate sharply against the fretboard or fingerboard
- slap down — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slap shot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slap-bang — slam-bang.
- slaphappy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- sleepwalk — to engage in sleepwalking.
- sleepwear — garments, as nightgowns or pajamas, worn for sleeping or at bedtime.
- slip rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
- slip-rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- slop pail — a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
- small-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of under $1 billion: considered to have more growth potential and higher investment risk.
- snap link — a link with a latchlike opening through which another link or catch can be fitted.
- snap roll — a manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes a fast roll
- snap-roll — to put (an airplane) through the maneuver of a snap roll.
- soleplate — a plate upon which studding is erected.
- someplace — somewhere.
- space law — the projected law that would govern the use of outer space by various nations based on certain treaties.
- spaceless — having no limits or dimensions in space; limitless; unbounded.
- spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
- spacially — spatial.
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- spareable — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spareless — merciless
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparkless — having no spark
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sparkplug — to lead, inspire, or animate something or someone.
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spatially — of or relating to space.
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- speakable — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- 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.
- speedwalk — an endless conveyor belt, moving walk, or the like used to transport standing persons from place to place.
- spendable — available for spending.
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.