9-letter words containing a, s, c, p
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spacewalk — a task or mission performed by an astronaut outside a spacecraft in space.
- spaceward — going into space
- spacially — spatial.
- spaciness — the state of being spacey
- spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- spartacus — died 71 b.c, Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spasmatic — given to spasms
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- spec rate — (benchmark) Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitable for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark) can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive jobs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio.
- 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.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- spinacene — a type of vaccine
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- sporocarp — (in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body.
- sport car — a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usually seating two persons.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spot cash — an amount of money paid immediately in cash
- spray can — a small can whose contents are in aerosol form. Compare aerosol bomb.
- stamp act — an act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- step back — retreat, move backwards
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- 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.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- subapical — located below the apex.
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- super pac — a type of PAC that has no limitations on the amount or source of donations, though it cannot contribute directly to a political campaign or party. See also PAC.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- superrace — a race, class, or people considered superior to others.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- sweepback — the shape of, or the angle formed by, an airplane wing or other airfoil the leading or trailing edge of which slopes backward from the fuselage.