9-letter words containing p, e, d, s, t, a
- redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- separated — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- 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.
- 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.
- unstamped — not having a postage stamp affixed