9-letter words containing s, p, e, c, t, a
- open-cast — open-cut.
- operatics — Exaggerated or overly emotional behaviour; histrionics.
- packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
- patiences — a female given name.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- pett scan — PET scan
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- post race — a race in which each owner is allowed to list a number of possible entries and, at a stipulated time before the race, specify which horse will actually compete.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- rest camp — a camp where soldiers rest
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- scarpetto — a type of shoe traditionally worn by Alpine climbers
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spaceport — a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- 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.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spermatic — of, relating to, or resembling sperm; seminal; generative.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- stenopaic — (of an optic device) having a narrow opening devised to improve eyesight by limiting obscurations
- step back — retreat, move backwards
- stepchair — a set of steps folding into a chair.
- stepdance — a dance in which the steps are the most important characteristic, specifically a solo dance with intricate, vigorous steps, often performed with the hands kept in the pockets.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- sweptback — (of the leading edge of an airfoil) forming a markedly obtuse angle with the fuselage.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- tie clasp — an ornamental metal clasp for securing the two ends of a necktie to a shirt front.
- topcastle — a large fighting top used in medieval ships.
- townscape — a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.
- type-cast — (of text to be printed) having the type already cast.
- vitascope — one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.
- whitecaps — Plural form of whitecap.