9-letter words containing s, l, a, p
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epilators — Plural form of epilator.
- episcopal — Of a bishop or bishops.
- episodial — Episodic.
- escallops — Plural form of escallop.
- escaloped — Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
- escalopes — Plural form of escalope.
- escapable — Able to be escaped or run from.
- esemplasy — unification
- espagnole — a tomato and sherry sauce
- espaliers — Plural form of espalier.
- especiall — Obsolete form of especial.
- esplanade — A long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure.
- espousals — Plural form of espousal.
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- exemplars — Plural form of exemplar.
- exosporal — of or relating to the exospores of algae or fungi
- expansile — Of, relating to, or capable of expansion.
- explanans — A collection of propositions that, taken together, explain another proposition (the 'explanandum').
- feldspars — Plural form of feldspar.
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
- flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flapjacks — Plural form of flapjack; pancakes.
- flashlamp — an electric lamp, usually containing xenon or another noble gas, used to produce a brief flash or pulsed flashes of intense light, such as that used in a camera flash
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- foolscaps — Plural form of foolscap.
- gall wasp — any wasp of the family Cynipidae, the larvae of which form characteristic galls on plants.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gas pedal — Automotive. gas (def 5b).
- gas plant — a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.
- gas-pedal — Automotive. gas (def 5b).
- germplasm — Alternative spelling of germ plasm.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gippsland — a fertile region of SE Australia, in SE Victoria, extending east along the coast from Melbourne to the New South Wales border. Area: 35 200 sq km (13 600 sq miles)
- glasphalt — a road-surfacing material composed of asphalt and crushed glass.
- glass pox — alastrim, or mild smallpox.
- go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.