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9-letter words containing s, p, a, i

  • prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
  • prosodial — of or relating to prosody
  • prosodian — a person skilled in prosody
  • prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
  • prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
  • protistan — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
  • protoavis — a fossil bird of the genus Protoavis, from the Triassic Period, having a birdlike, partly toothless jaw structure, a tail and hind legs resembling those of the dinosaur, and the hollow bones and keellike breast that are characteristic of modern birds: the oldest known avian type, preceding the archaeopteryx by an estimated 75 million years.
  • proustian — of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.
  • prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
  • psamtik i — king of Egypt 663–609 b.c. (son of Necho I).
  • pseudaxis — sympodium.
  • psoriasis — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
  • psoriatic — a common chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by scaly patches.
  • psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
  • puissance — power, might, or force.
  • pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
  • pulsating — throbbing
  • pulsation — the act of pulsating; beating or throbbing.
  • pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
  • pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
  • put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • rainspout — waterspout (def 1).
  • rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
  • rajahship — the office or territory of a rajah
  • rap music — a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
  • rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • rapturist — a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast
  • raspiness — harsh; grating; rasping.
  • raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
  • redisplay — to display again
  • redtapism — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
  • replicase — RNA synthetase.
  • reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
  • riparians — of, relating to, or situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.
  • rivalship — rivalry
  • sahaptian — a family of North American Indian languages consisting of Sahaptin and Nez Percé
  • sail plan — a side elevation of a sailing vessel showing all sails and spars and some or all of the standing rigging, as if set directly fore-and-aft so that the true proportions are visible: sometimes combined with the rigging plan of the vessel.
  • sailplane — a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
  • saintship — the qualities or status of a saint.
  • salpingo- — indicating the Fallopian tubes
  • sand pile — a base for a footing in soft soil, made by compacting sand in a cavity left by a wooden pile.
  • sandpiper — any of numerous shore-inhabiting birds of the family Scolopacidae, related to the plovers, typically having a slender bill and a piping call.
  • sapidless — lacking flavour
  • sapodilla — a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
  • sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
  • saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
  • sapphired — blue-coloured
  • sappiness — abounding in sap, as a plant.
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