9-letter words containing s, p, i, r, e
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- subperiod — a subdivision of a time period
- sugar pie — an open pie with a brown sugar filling
- superbike — a high-performance motorcycle
- superbity — pride
- superchic — highly or very chic
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfirm — a very large firm or corporation, often incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller firms
- superhigh — extremely high
- superhive — super (def 3).
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- superpimp — a pimp who controls a very large number of prostitutes
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- supersize — extra-large
- superthin — extremely thin
- supervise — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- superwide — a wide-angle camera lens
- superwife — a highly accomplished wife
- surprised — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- taperwise — in the manner of a taper
- tearstrip — the part of packaging that may be easily torn to open it
- temporise — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- top-sider — a casual shoe, often made of canvas, having a nonskid rubber sole
- transpire — to occur; happen; take place.
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- underspin — backspin.
- unprecise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- unstriped — not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.
- upstirred — disturbed; in a commotion
- ushership — the position or office of an usher
- viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.
- wear ship — to change the tack of a sailing vessel, esp a square-rigger, by coming about so that the wind passes astern
- whispered — rumored; reported: He is whispered to be planning to run for governor.
- whisperer — a person or thing that whispers.
- winepress — a machine in which the juice from grapes is pressed for wine.
- worshiped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worshiper — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- wrest pin — peg (def 5).
- xeriscape — environmental design of residential and park land using various methods for minimizing the need for water use.
- zooperist — a person who practises zoopery