9-letter words containing s, p, a, t, r
- repeaters — a person or thing that repeats.
- replaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
- saltpeter — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltpetre — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- sand trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- sand-trap — (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- sarcoptic — related to or caused by itch-mites that cause mange in animals
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- 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.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spagyrist — an alchemist
- spartacus — died 71 b.c, Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.
- spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
- 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.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- spearwort — any of several buttercups having lance-shaped leaves and small flowers, as Ranunculus ambigens, of the eastern U.S., growing in mud.
- spec rate — (benchmark) Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitable for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark) can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive jobs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- spermatia — Botany. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spermatid — Cell Biology. one of the cells that result from the meiotic divisions of a spermatocyte and mature into spermatozoa.
- spermato- — indicating sperm
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- spiny rat — any of various ratlike rodents of the genus Echimys, inhabiting forests of Central and South America, most having bristly fur.
- spiralist — a person or thing that ascends in a spiral structure
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spiraster — a part of a living sponge
- spiration — the act of breathing
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spoliator — a plunderer