9-letter words containing p, e, d, a, t
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- 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.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- stop bead — a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.
- tamponade — Medicine/Medical. the use of a tampon, as to stop a hemorrhage.
- tap dance — dance performed with clicking shoes
- tap-dance — to perform a tap dance.
- tape deck — a component of an audio system for playing tapes, using an external amplifier and speakers.
- tape head — a device which converts electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and back again; used in tape recorders
- tepidaria — in Ancient Rome, the warm rooms of the baths
- tetrapody — a measure consisting of four feet.
- 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.
- top-rated — A top-rated show or service is the most successful or highly regarded of its kind.
- trade gap — difference in value between nation's imports and exports
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trepanned — a person who ensnares or entraps others.
- trepidant — trepid.
- triparted — divided into three parts.
- unadapted — not having changed in accordance with altered circumstances
- unadeptly — in an unadept or unskilled manner
- unadopted — to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.
- underpart — the lower part or side: The underpart of the plane's fuselage scraped the treetops.
- unpatched — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
- unplanted — (of a plant) not set into the ground
- unpleated — not pleated, without pleats
- unstamped — not having a postage stamp affixed
- untapered — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- untrapped — not trapped or snared
- updatable — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
- videotape — magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
- whitedamp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- zapateado — a Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.