9-letter words containing a, u, s, p, i
- spissatus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subapical — located below the apex.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- sugar pie — an open pie with a brown sugar filling
- 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.
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- surprisal — the act of surprising.
- 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.
- ubi supra — where (mentioned or cited) above
- uniparous — Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
- unispiral — having one spiral.
- unpalsied — not affected by paralysis
- unpausing — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- unsparing — not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- upmanship — one-upmanship.
- upsadaisy — upsy-daisy
- upscaling — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
- upstaging — on or toward the back of the stage.
- usucapion — the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.