9-letter words containing a, p, r, e, t
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- superfast — very or extremely fast
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- supersalt — a salt with an excess of acid over base
- superstar — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.
- supertask — a paradox resulting from the notion that a task requiring an infinite number of steps could be performed in a finite time by halving the duration of each step.
- supertram — a tram with greater capacity and speed than conventional trams
- suppurate — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- take part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tap water — water, obtained directly from a faucet or tap, that has not been purified, distilled, or otherwise treated.
- taper off — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- taper pin — a short round metal rod having a small amount of taper so that when driven into a hole it tightens on the taper so that it can act as a stop or wedge
- taperness — the state or quality of being a taper or tapered
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- tar paper — waterproof roofing material
- tea party — a social gathering, usually in the afternoon, at which tea and light refreshments are served.
- tearstrip — the part of packaging that may be easily torn to open it
- telegraph — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
- temperate — moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
- tepidaria — in Ancient Rome, the warm rooms of the baths
- teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
- tetrapody — a measure consisting of four feet.
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- threepeat — to win a third consecutive victory.
- time warp — a hypothetical eccentricity in the progress of time that would allow movement back and forth between eras or that would permit the passage of time to be suspended.
- tipperary — a county in Munster province, in the S Republic of Ireland. 1643 sq. mi. (4255 sq. km). County seat: Clonmel.
- top-rated — A top-rated show or service is the most successful or highly regarded of its kind.
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- trade gap — difference in value between nation's imports and exports
- tragelaph — a mythical animal that is a cross between a goat and a stag
- trampette — a small trampoline
- transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
- transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- trapezial — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trepanned — a person who ensnares or entraps others.