9-letter words containing g, s, a, p
- sap green — a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrapings — Scrapings are small amounts or pieces that have been scraped off something.
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- scrapping — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- sea grape — a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- skiagraph — a radiograph.
- slag heap — A slag heap is a hill made from waste material, such as rock and mud, left over from mining.
- slap bang — exactly
- slap-bang — slam-bang.
- snap ring — any of various kinds of metal rings that must be forced open to be used and snap back into place to make a snug fit.
- sonograph — an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.
- space age — period post-1950s onwards
- space-age — pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
- 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.
- spagyrist — an alchemist
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- sparagmos — the tearing to pieces of a live victim, as a bull or a calf, by a band of bacchantes in a Dionysian orgy.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- spark gap — a space between two electrodes, across which a discharge of electricity may take place.
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sparkplug — to lead, inspire, or animate something or someone.
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirogram — a record made by a spirograph
- spirogyra — a widely distributed filamentous freshwater green alga of the genus Spirogyra.
- spodogram — the ash pattern produced by incinerating a plant
- spongebag — A spongebag is a small bag in which you keep things such as soap and a toothbrush when you are travelling.
- sporangia — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spragging — a pole or bar hinged to the rear axle of a cart or the like in such a way that it can brace the vehicle against a road to prevent it from rolling downhill.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- spur gall — a hairless and indurated area or gall on the side of a horse, caused by the irritation of a spur.
- spur gear — a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.
- spur-gall — to scrape, rub or injure (a horse) with the spur when riding
- straphang — to travel as a straphanger.
- strapping — powerfully built; robust.
- sugar pea — snow pea.
- sugar pie — an open pie with a brown sugar filling
- sugarplum — a small sweetmeat made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.
- super vga — Super Video Graphics Array