9-letter words containing e, p, s, t
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- the-wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theosophy — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- 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.
- tidepools — tidal pool.
- tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
- time span — duration, period
- timespans — a span of time; time frame.
- tip sheet — a short publication containing the latest information, predictions, and tips for a particular business or subject: tip sheets for horse racing; a tip sheet for gamblers; a stock-market tip sheet; a tip sheet about safety concerns.
- tisiphone — one of the Furies.
- titleship — lawful claim to title, especially of property.
- to pieces — into shreds or small bits
- tonle sap — a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.
- top shelf — of highest quality
- top-dress — to manure (land) on the surface.
- top-shell — any marine gastropod mollusc of the mainly tropical Old World family Trochidae, having a typically brightly coloured top-shaped or conical shell
- top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
- transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- 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.
- tree post — king post (def 1).
- two-phase — diphase.
- two-speed — (of a transmission system) having two settings
- type site — the place where artifacts characteristic of a particular culture or cultural stage have first been found in situ, customarily adopted as the name of that culture or stage.
- type-cast — (of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- type-site — the place where artifacts characteristic of a particular culture or cultural stage have first been found in situ, customarily adopted as the name of that culture or stage.
- typestyle — face (defs 19b, c).
- unspotted — having no spots or stains; without spots; spotless: an unspotted breed of dog; unspotted trousers.
- unstamped — not having a postage stamp affixed
- unstopped — to remove the stopper from: to unstop a bottle.
- unstopper — to unstop.
- unstriped — not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.
- unsuspect — not open to suspicion; not suspect or questionable; trustworthy; not placed under suspicion
- up-itself — pretentious or pompous
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- uppermost — highest in place, order, rank, power, etc.: the uppermost peaks of the mountain; the uppermost class of society.
- upsetting — overturned: an upset milk pail.
- upstepped — of a tone that becomes higher than another in certain words of tonal languages
- upstirred — disturbed; in a commotion
- vide post — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see after
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- weak spot — some aspect of a character or situation that is susceptible to criticism
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.
- windswept — open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.
- woodspite — the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
- wrest pin — peg (def 5).