9-letter words containing s, p, a, i
- firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
- firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- galliwasp — any of numerous scaly marsh lizards of the genus Diploglossus, inhabiting Central America and the West Indies.
- gaspiness — the quality or state of being gaspy
- giantship — the character, condition, or personality of a giant
- 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)
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grapiness — the quality of tasting like a grape
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- havasupai — a member of a small tribe of nomadic North American Indians now living in Arizona.
- hawsepipe — an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
- headships — Plural form of headship.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- hepatitis — inflammation of the liver, caused by a virus or a toxin and characterized by jaundice, liver enlargement, and fever.
- hesperian — western; occidental.
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- ideoscape — (according to w Arjun Appadurai) The global flow of ideologies.
- idioplasm — germ plasm.
- iliopsoas — (anatomy) A compound muscle composed of the iliac and psoas muscles.
- impassion — to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- impassive — without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.