9-letter words containing p, e, s, a
- textspeak — a form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications, characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
- thaneship — thanage.
- the gapes — a disease of young poultry and birds, characterized by gasping and choking and caused by gapeworms
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- the-wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- 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.
- 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.
- tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
- time span — duration, period
- timespans — a span of time; time frame.
- tonle sap — a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
- transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- two-phase — diphase.
- type-cast — (of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- unbespeak — to annul or cancel a request
- underpass — a passage running underneath, especially a passage for pedestrians or vehicles, or both, crossing under a railroad, road, etc.
- unescaped — to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty: to escape from jail. Synonyms: flee, abscond, decamp.
- unpalsied — not affected by paralysis
- unpleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- unsampled — undemonstrated
- unshapely — not shapely
- unsprayed — not sprayed with a chemical
- unstamped — not having a postage stamp affixed
- uppercase — (of an alphabetical character) capital.
- ursprache — a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
- vespasian — (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) a.d. 9–79, Roman emperor 70–79.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- wallopers — Plural form of walloper.
- warplanes — Plural form of warplane.
- wash-wipe — a windscreen wiper
- washed up — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- washed-up — done for; having failed completely.
- weak spot — some aspect of a character or situation that is susceptible to criticism
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- whipsawed — subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.
- whipsnake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.
- workspace — space used or required for one's work, as in an office or home.
- xeriscape — environmental design of residential and park land using various methods for minimizing the need for water use.