9-letter words containing s, p, a, i
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.
- suppliant — a person who supplicates; petitioner.
- supplicat — a petition (to a university) for a degree
- surprisal — the act of surprising.
- swampfish — a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- sympatico — simpatico
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- tail-spin — spin (def 23).
- tall ship — type of large sailing ship
- tap swirl — a device used to direct the flow of water from a tap in a sink
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- tearstrip — the part of packaging that may be easily torn to open it
- thaneship — thanage.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
- time span — duration, period
- timespans — a span of time; time frame.
- tin pants — heavy waterproof trousers, usually of paraffin-soaked canvas, worn by loggers and fishermen.
- toad spit — cuckoo spit (sense 1)
- traipsing — to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
- transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
- transship — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- trappings — articles of equipment or dress, especially of an ornamental character.
- trappists — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a branch of the Cistercian order, observing the austere reformed rule established at La Trappe in 1664.
- triphasic — having or existing in three phases.
- tympanist — a person who plays the drums, especially the kettledrums, in an orchestra.
- ubi supra — where (mentioned or cited) above
- uniparous — Zoology. producing only one egg or offspring at a time.
- unispiral — having one spiral.
- unpalsied — not affected by paralysis
- unpausing — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- unsparing — not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- upmanship — one-upmanship.
- upsadaisy — upsy-daisy
- upscaling — located at, moving toward, or of or for the upper end of a social or economic scale: The boutique caters to upscale young career people.
- upstaging — on or toward the back of the stage.
- usucapion — the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.
- vampirish — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.