9-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- bespatter — to splash all over, as with dirty water
- blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- bra strap — a strap for fastening a bra
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- cachepots — Plural form of cachepot.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camp site — a place used or suitable for camping.
- campanist — an expert on bells
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- campsites — Plural form of campsite.
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- capitasti — a plural of capotasto.
- capotasto — capo1 .
- capstones — Plural form of capstone.
- capsulate — within or formed into a capsule
- capturers — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- cat's paw — a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool.
- cat's-paw — a person used by another as a tool; dupe
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- cataplasm — a poultice, often medicated
- catapults — Plural form of catapult.
- catch-ups — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- chalkpits — Plural form of chalkpit.
- chapattis — Plural form of chapatti.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapstick — a cylinder of a substance for preventing or soothing chapped lips
- chaseport — a porthole through which a gun was fired
- chassepot — a breech-loading bolt-action rifle formerly used by the French Army
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chopsteak — chopped steak.
- cisplatin — a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- clapstick — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
- classpath — (programming) an argument that tells the Java virtual machine where to look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.
- compleats — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compleat.
- copasetic — fine; completely satisfactory; OK.
- copulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copulate.
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- coroplast — A manufacturer of terracotta figurines (in Ancient Greece).
- corposant — Saint Elmo's fire