9-letter words containing d, e, a, p
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- sheephead — a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- spaceband — a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words
- spaceward — going into space
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speedball — a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- speedread — to read (something) very quickly
- speedwalk — an endless conveyor belt, moving walk, or the like used to transport standing persons from place to place.
- spendable — available for spending.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spraddled — to straddle.
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- 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.
- stop bead — a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.
- superroad — an extremely large road
- surpassed — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- tap dance — dance performed with clicking shoes
- tap-dance — to perform a tap dance.
- tape deck — a component of an audio system for playing tapes, using an external amplifier and speakers.
- tape head — a device which converts electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and back again; used in tape recorders
- tepidaria — in Ancient Rome, the warm rooms of the baths
- tetrapody — a measure consisting of four feet.
- 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.
- top-rated — A top-rated show or service is the most successful or highly regarded of its kind.
- trade gap — difference in value between nation's imports and exports
- 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.
- trepidant — trepid.
- triparted — divided into three parts.
- unadapted — not having changed in accordance with altered circumstances
- unadeptly — in an unadept or unskilled manner