9-letter words containing s, p, a, r, e
- sea grape — a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.
- sea perch — surfperch.
- sea power — naval strength.
- sea purse — the horny egg case of certain rays and sharks.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- separable — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- separated — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separates — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separator — a person or thing that separates.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarian — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shakspere — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
- sharpener — A sharpener is a tool or machine used for sharpening pencils or knives.
- sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
- siem reap — a city in NW Cambodia, near Angkor.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
- sleepwear — garments, as nightgowns or pajamas, worn for sleeping or at bedtime.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- space bar — a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- space-bar — a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceward — going into space
- spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
- spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
- spareable — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spareless — merciless
- spareness — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spareribs — a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
- sparkless — having no spark
- sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- sparteine — a bitter, poisonous, liquid alkaloid obtained from certain species of broom, especially Cytisus scoparius, used in medicine to stimulate the heart and also the uterine muscles in childbirth.
- sparterie — things made from esparto
- spartiate — a member of the ruling class of ancient Laconia; a Spartan citizen. Compare Helot (def 1), Perioeci.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spattered — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.