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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.
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