9-letter words containing e, p, s, t
- steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steepness — having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- stenopeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotype — a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- stenotypy — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- step back — retreat, move backwards
- step down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- step into — enter
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- step-down — serving to reduce or decrease voltage: a step-down transformer.
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- 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.
- stephanie — a female given name.
- stephen i — Saint, died a.d. 257? pope 254–257.
- stephen v — died a.d. 891, pope 885–891.
- stepstool — a low set of hinged steps, often folding into or under a stool, used typically in a kitchen for reaching high shelves.
- sternport — an opening or window in the stern of ship
- sternpost — an upright member rising from the after end of a keel; a rudderpost or propeller post.
- stew pond — a fishpond or fishtank
- stipitate — having or supported by a stipe: a stipitate ovary.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- stonecrop — any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls.
- stop bead — a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.
- stop over — stay overnight on a journey
- stop time — a passage where the beat stops temporarily
- stoppable — capable of being stopped.
- stoppered — a person or thing that stops.
- store pig — a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- stovepipe — a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.
- strapless — without a strap or straps.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- stroppers — any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- stump bed — a bed without posts.
- stupefied — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupidest — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- subdeputy — an assistant to a deputy
- subpotent — not at full strength
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbity — pride
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- supercute — very cute