9-letter words containing a, s, p, o
- escalopes — Plural form of escalope.
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- esotropia — A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turns inward.
- espagnole — a tomato and sherry sauce
- esperanto — Esperanto is an invented language which consists of parts of several European languages, and which was designed to help people from different countries communicate with each other.
- espionage — The practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
- espousals — Plural form of espousal.
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- exosporal — of or relating to the exospores of algae or fungi
- exosporia — exospores
- expansion — The action of becoming larger or more extensive.
- extrapose — to move a word or words to the end of, or outside, a clause or sentence without altering its sense
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
- flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- foolscaps — Plural form of foolscap.
- footpaths — Plural form of footpath.
- foreparts — Plural form of forepart.
- forepeaks — Plural form of forepeak.
- forespeak — to predict; foretell.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gas poker — a long tubular gas burner used to kindle a fire
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- gateposts — Plural form of gatepost.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- glass pox — alastrim, or mild smallpox.
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- goal post — either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
- goalposts — Plural form of goalpost.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- happen-so — chance; happenstance; accident: Meeting you today was pure happen-so.
- head shop — a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.