9-letter words containing a, s, e, p, i
- ionopause — the transitional zone between the ionosphere and the mesosphere.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- jacksnipe — Also called half snipe. a small, short-billed snipe, Limnocryptes minimus, of Europe and Asia.
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jaspidean — containing or resembling jasper
- jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
- kalispell — a city in NW Montana.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- la spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lip salve — an ointment which comes in a stick or small tub and which is applied to the lips to soothe dryness, chapping, etc
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- mindscape — A mental landscape; the world of the mind.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- misopedia — hatred of children, especially one's own.
- mispacked — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- misplaced — to put in a wrong place.
- misplaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misplace.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- mispraise — to praise wrongly or mistakenly
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- misshaped — Simple past tense and past participle of misshape.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- misshapes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misshape.
- neoplasia — Pathology. tumor growth.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- new spain — the former Spanish possessions in the Western Hemisphere, at one time including South America (except Brazil), Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, and most of the land in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.
- noscapine — (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.
- opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- optatives — Plural form of optative.
- paesiello — Giovanni [Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), Paisiello, Giovanni.
- paillasse — Chiefly British. a mattress of straw; pallet.
- paintress — a female painter
- paisiello — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1741–1816, Italian composer.