9-letter words containing p, l, e, t
- slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
- slip stem — a spoon handle cut obliquely at the end from top to bottom.
- slip step — a dance step made by moving the left foot one step sideways and closing the right foot to the left foot: used when dancing in a circle during Scottish reels and jigs
- slipsheet — a sheet so inserted.
- soleplate — a plate upon which studding is erected.
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- 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.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spilosite — a form of slate
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spitteler — Carl [German kahrl] /German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), ("Felix Tandem") 1845–1924, Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1919.
- splendent — shining or radiant, as the sun.
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- splenitis — inflammation of the spleen
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- split-new — brand-new
- splitters — a person or thing that splits.
- splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sportless — without any sport
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
- spottable — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spoutless — having no spout
- springlet — a small spring of water.
- stampless — without a stamp
- 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.
- steel pan — steel drum.
- steepling — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- stepstool — a low set of hinged steps, often folding into or under a stool, used typically in a kitchen for reaching high shelves.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- stoppable — capable of being stopped.
- strapless — without a strap or straps.
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- supersalt — a salt with an excess of acid over base
- supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.