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

  • slip ring — a metal ring, usually of copper or cast iron, mounted so that current may be conducted through stationary brushes into or out of a rotating member.
  • slipnoose — a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
  • slop sink — a deep sink for emptying slop pails and the like.
  • snake pit — a mental hospital marked by squalor and inhumane or indifferent care for the patients.
  • snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  • snap link — a link with a latchlike opening through which another link or catch can be fitted.
  • snap ring — any of various kinds of metal rings that must be forced open to be used and snap back into place to make a snug fit.
  • 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.
  • sophonias — Zephaniah.
  • sopranino — a musical instrument, as a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class.
  • spaciness — the state of being spacey
  • spadassin — a swordsman
  • spanaemia — a lack of red corpuscles in blood
  • spanaemic — relating to a lack of red corpuscles in blood
  • spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
  • sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
  • sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
  • spartanic — (usually lowercase) suggestive of the ancient Spartans; sternly disciplined and rigorously simple, frugal, or austere.
  • 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.
  • spillikin — a jackstraw.
  • 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
  • spindling — spindle side.
  • spindrift — spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
  • spinebash — to rest; loaf.
  • spineless — having no spines or quills.
  • spinelike — resembling a spine
  • spiniform — like a thorn or 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.
  • spinosity — the condition of being spinose
  • spinozism — the philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.
  • spinproof — (of an airplane) designed so as to be highly resistant to a tailspin.
  • spinulate — having a spine or spines
  • spiny rat — any of various ratlike rodents of the genus Echimys, inhabiting forests of Central and South America, most having bristly fur.
  • spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
  • spiration — the act of breathing
  • spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
  • splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
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