9-letter words containing e, p, s, t
- etoposide — (medicine) A derivative of podophyllotoxin that is used in the treatment of some cancers by inhibiting mitosis.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- euphemist — One who uses euphemisms.
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- eutropous — (of an insect or plant) adapted for pollination
- expedites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expedite.
- expertise — Expert skill or knowledge in a particular field.
- expertism — the quality of being an expert
- expiscate — to fish out; to find out by investigation
- exponents — Plural form of exponent.
- exporters — Plural form of exporter.
- expositor — A person or thing that explains complicated ideas or theories.
- exstrophy — (medicine) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- extispicy — (uncountable) Haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
- extrapose — to move a word or words to the end of, or outside, a clause or sentence without altering its sense
- fastpaced — Alternative spelling of fast-paced.
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- fencepost — A post which helps hold up a fence.
- fetoscope — a tubular fiberoptic instrument used for diagnostic examination of the fetus and interior of the uterus.
- fetoscopy — examination by means of a fetoscope.
- firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- five-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- footropes — Plural form of footrope.
- footsteps — Plural form of footstep.
- foreparts — Plural form of forepart.
- forespent — forspent.
- fowl pest — an acute and usually fatal viral disease of domestic fowl, characterized by refusal to eat, high temperature, and discoloration of the comb and wattles
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- gateposts — Plural form of gatepost.
- genotypes — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geophytes — Plural form of geophyte.
- goosestep — Alternative form of goose-step.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- heapstead — the buildings at the surface of a mine
- heelposts — Plural form of heelpost.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- helpmeets — Plural form of helpmeet.
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.