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9-letter words containing s, p, i, n, e

  • scrape in — to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin
  • 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
  • septimana — a week.
  • seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
  • seriplane — a test for evaluating the quality of raw silk by inspecting it under controlled conditions for variations in the diameter of the yarn and for imperfections and content.
  • serpentis — genitive of Serpens.
  • set point — tennis: point that will win a set
  • shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
  • sheepskin — the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.
  • shipborne — carried on a ship.
  • shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
  • shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
  • simpering — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
  • simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
  • singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
  • singspiel — a German opera, especially of the 18th century, using spoken dialogue and resembling ballad opera.
  • sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
  • siphonage — the action of a siphon.
  • siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
  • siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
  • sisyphean — of or relating to Sisyphus.
  • skin deep — superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
  • skin-deep — superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
  • skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
  • slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
  • snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
  • snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
  • snipefish — any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a compressed body.
  • soleprint — a print of the sole of a foot: often used in hospitals for identifying infants.
  • spaciness — the state of being spacey
  • spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
  • spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
  • 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.
  • spellbind — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
  • speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
  • spewiness — the condition of being boggy or poorly drained
  • sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
  • spiderman — a person who erects the steel structure of a building
  • spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
  • spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
  • spinacene — a type of vaccine
  • spinebash — to rest; loaf.
  • spineless — having no spines or quills.
  • spinelike — resembling a spine
  • spininess — a spiny quality or condition
  • spinnaker — a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
  • 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.
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