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