9-letter words containing p, e, s, a
- spareless — merciless
- spareness — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spareribs — a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
- sparkless — having no spark
- sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- sparterie — things made from esparto
- spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- speak out — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- speakable — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- speakeasy — a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
- 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.
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- spec rate — (benchmark) Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitable for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark) can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive jobs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio.
- 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.
- spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
- speedball — a game similar to soccer with the chief difference that a player catching the ball on the fly can pass it with the hands.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- speedread — to read (something) very quickly
- speedwalk — an endless conveyor belt, moving walk, or the like used to transport standing persons from place to place.
- spendable — available for spending.
- speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
- spermaria — spermaries
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
- spikedace — a scaleless, mottled, olive-brown fish, Meda fulgida, of the Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, having two dorsal spines.
- spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
- 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.
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.