9-letter words containing l, a, p, s, i
- skippable — able to be skipped, omitted, or passed over without loss; unimportant.
- slapstick — broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes.
- slip rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
- slip-rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- slop pail — a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
- snap link — a link with a latchlike opening through which another link or catch can be fitted.
- spacially — spatial.
- spadelike — resembling a spade
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spatially — of or relating to space.
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- special k — an animal anaesthetic, ketamine hydrochloride, sold illegally as a hallucinogenic drug
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spiralist — a person or thing that ascends in a spiral structure
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirillar — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- splittail — a minnow, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus, of the Sacramento River, having the upper lobe of the tail much longer than the lower lobe: habitat changes have greatly reduced its numbers.
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- sponsalia — marriage; espousals
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- sprekelia — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, from Mexico and Guatemala, related to hippeastrum and grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers, in the form of a cross: family Amaryllidaceae
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- spritsail — a sail extended by a sprit.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- strap-oil — a beating
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subapical — located below the apex.