9-letter words containing s, a, p, r, e
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- germplasm — Alternative spelling of germ plasm.
- grapeseed — The seed of the grape.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- grapplers — Plural form of grappler.
- graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- graspless — (of a person's hand) having no grasp, and hence loose, relaxed, etc
- greenspan — Alan, born 1926, U.S. economist: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1987–2006.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- harp seal — a northern earless seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus, with pale-yellow fur darkening to gray with age, of coasts, drifting ice, and seas of the North Atlantic Ocean, hunted for its fur.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hyperbase — (database) An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
- imperials — Plural form of imperial.
- isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
- issue par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- japanners — Plural form of japanner.
- jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jasperous — Containing jasper, composed of jasper.
- keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
- lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- madperson — (gender-neutral) A madman or madwoman.
- magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
- mainprise — (legal, historical) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
- manspread — (of a man) to sit with one's legs far apart, taking up too much space on a seat shared with other people: guys who manspread on the subway.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- mesocarps — Plural form of mesocarp.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- mispraise — to praise wrongly or mistakenly
- misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
- mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- nanopores — Plural form of nanopore.
- newspaper — a publication issued at regular and usually close intervals, especially daily or weekly, and commonly containing news, comment, features, and advertising.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- operators — Plural form of operator.
- operettas — Plural form of operetta.