9-letter words containing s, e, p, t
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- base path — the prescribed course for a base runner on the field extending in designated areas between the bases.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- capsulate — within or formed into a capsule
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cespitose — growing in dense, matlike clumps without creeping stems, as moss, grass, etc.
- cespitous — Turfy; resembling turf.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- chipotles — Plural form of chipotle.
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- clipsheet — a sheet of paper with text printed on one side only
- clumpiest — Superlative form of clumpy.
- compleats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compleat.
- completes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complete.
- composest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of compose.
- composite — A composite object or item is made up of several different things, parts, or substances.
- composted — Simple past tense and past participle of compost.
- composter — a bin or other container used to turn garden and kitchen waste into compost
- computers — Plural form of computer.
- conceptus — any of various products of conception, including the embryo, fetus, and surrounding tissue
- contempts — Plural form of contempt.
- copasetic — fine; completely satisfactory; OK.
- copesetic — fine; completely satisfactory; OK.
- copestone — a stone used to form a coping
- copresent — to present jointly
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- copyedits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyedit.
- crappiest — Superlative form of crappy.
- creepiest — Superlative form of creepy.