9-letter words containing s, p, e, n, t
- praeneste — ancient name of Palestrina.
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- precincts — a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
- preinsert — to insert beforehand
- prentices — a male given name.
- prescient — having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight: The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
- presented — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presentee — a person to whom something is presented.
- presenter — a person or thing that presents.
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- president — (often initial capital letter) the highest executive officer of a modern republic, as the Chief Executive of the United States.
- presinter — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- preteen's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- printless — making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- reinspect — to inspect or examine again
- represent — to present again or anew.
- ripienist — an orchestral member who is there to swell the sound rather than play solo
- saponated — treated or combined with soap
- sauté pan — a pan used for sautéing food
- 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.
- septation — a division between cavities or parts of an organism by partitions or septa
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.
- septimana — a week.
- serpentis — genitive of Serpens.
- serpentry — the collective body of serpents; serpents as a whole
- set point — tennis: point that will win a set
- simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
- soapstone — a massive variety of talc with a soapy or greasy feel, used for hearths, washtubs, tabletops, carved ornaments, etc.
- soften up — make softer
- soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
- 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.
- spearmint — an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.
- specint92 — (benchmark) A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks from SPEC (geometric mean of the 6 SPEC ratios of CINT92) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. See also SPECbase_int92.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spinneret — an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- splendent — shining or radiant, as the sun.
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- splenitis — inflammation of the spleen
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- split-new — brand-new
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities