9-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- esperanto — Esperanto is an invented language which consists of parts of several European languages, and which was designed to help people from different countries communicate with each other.
- estrapade — The rearing, plunging, and kicking actions of a horse trying to get rid of its rider.
- etioplast — (biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- expiscate — to fish out; to find out by investigation
- extrapose — to move a word or words to the end of, or outside, a clause or sentence without altering its sense
- fastpaced — Alternative spelling of fast-paced.
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- 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.
- flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- footpaths — Plural form of footpath.
- foreparts — Plural form of forepart.
- gallipots — Plural form of gallipot.
- gas plant — a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- gateposts — Plural form of gatepost.
- giantship — the character, condition, or personality of a giant
- glasphalt — a road-surfacing material composed of asphalt and crushed glass.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- goal post — either of the two vertical posts that support a crossbar and form the opening of a goal in soccer, hockey, etc.
- goalposts — Plural form of goalpost.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- grassplot — a plot of ground covered with or reserved for grass.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- handstamp — an implement for stamping an impression
- hardparts — the skeleton
- heapstead — the buildings at the surface of a mine
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- 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.
- hot pants — (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.