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9-letter words containing e, p, s, t

  • simpliste — someone who tends to over-simplify
  • siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
  • skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
  • skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
  • sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
  • sleep out — live-out.
  • sleep-out — live-out.
  • sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
  • sleepsuit — a baby's sleeping garment
  • slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
  • slip stem — a spoon handle cut obliquely at the end from top to bottom.
  • slip step — a dance step made by moving the left foot one step sideways and closing the right foot to the left foot: used when dancing in a circle during Scottish reels and jigs
  • slipsheet — a sheet so inserted.
  • smoke pot — a can of chemicals that produces a great quantity of smoke when ignited.
  • snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
  • soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
  • soften up — make softer
  • soleplate — a plate upon which studding is erected.
  • soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
  • soopstake — sweeping up all stakes
  • sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
  • space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
  • spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
  • 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.
  • spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
  • spaghetti — a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
  • sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
  • sparterie — things made from esparto
  • spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
  • sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
  • spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
  • spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
  • speak out — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
  • spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
  • spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
  • 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.
  • specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
  • specint92 — (benchmark)   A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks from SPEC (geometric mean of the 6 SPEC ratios of CINT92) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. See also SPECbase_int92.
  • 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).
  • speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
  • speediest — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
  • speedster — a person who travels at high speed.
  • spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
  • spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
  • spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
  • spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
  • spermato- — indicating sperm
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