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9-letter words containing s, e, p, t, a

  • isopteran — a member of the order Isoptera which includes social, colonizing insects such as termites
  • jasperite — Jasper (the gem).
  • jaspilite — a metamorphic rock that has a high concentration of hematite and that resembles jasper
  • jump seat — a movable or folding seat, as in a carriage, taxicab, or limousine, used as an extra seat.
  • juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
  • lapstreak — Alternative form of lapstrake.
  • leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
  • leetspeak — a coded spelling system and language used in very informal communications on the Internet, featuring letters combined with numbers or special characters in place of letters that they may resemble, and including inventive misspellings, jargon, and slang.
  • magstripe — Magnetic stripe.
  • mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
  • meatspace — The physical world, as opposed to cyberspace or a virtual environment.
  • metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
  • 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).
  • metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
  • metascope — a device for converting infrared radiation into visible light.
  • misrepeat — (transitive) To repeat wrongly; to give a wrong version of.
  • montespan — Marquise de (Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart) 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
  • mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
  • neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
  • nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
  • nonstaple — not staple
  • opacities — the state or quality of being opaque.
  • open-cast — open-cut.
  • operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
  • operators — Plural form of operator.
  • operettas — Plural form of operetta.
  • optatives — Plural form of optative.
  • osteopath — a physician who practices osteopathy.
  • outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
  • outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
  • pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
  • packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
  • pad stone — a stone template.
  • paintress — a female painter
  • palaestra — Greek Antiquity. palestra.
  • palestine — Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
  • palmister — a person telling fortunes by reading palms
  • panellist — A panellist is a person who is a member of a panel and speaks in public, especially on a radio or television programme.
  • pantalets — Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
  • pantdress — a dress with a divided skirt
  • pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
  • pantheist — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
  • pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • pantofles — a slipper.
  • pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • parentese — baby talk (def 2).
  • pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
  • parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
  • parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
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