9-letter words containing p, a, r, t, s
- sport car — a small, high-powered automobile with long, low lines, usually seating two persons.
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- sportsman — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spot card — spot (def 10b).
- spot rate — trading: immediate price
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- spritsail — a sail extended by a sprit.
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- stairstep — a step in a staircase.
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- star part — the main role, or one of the main roles
- stavropol — a territory of the Russian Federation in Europe, N of the Caucasus. 29,600 sq. mi. (76,960 sq. km).
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- strap-oil — a beating
- straphang — to travel as a straphanger.
- strapless — without a strap or straps.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strappado — an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground.
- strapping — powerfully built; robust.
- strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- strapwort — a seaside plant with leaves resembling straps
- strip map — a map charting only the immediate territory to be traversed, which appears as a long, narrow strip.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- superfast — very or extremely fast
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- supersalt — a salt with an excess of acid over base
- superstar — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.
- supertask — a paradox resulting from the notion that a task requiring an infinite number of steps could be performed in a finite time by halving the duration of each step.
- supertram — a tram with greater capacity and speed than conventional trams
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- suppurate — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- tap swirl — a device used to direct the flow of water from a tap in a sink
- tapas bar — a bar where light snacks or appetizers are served, esp with drinks
- taperness — the state or quality of being a taper or tapered
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- tearstrip — the part of packaging that may be easily torn to open it
- teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- 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.