9-letter words containing s, p, i, r, l, a
- prosocial — acting to the benefit of society in general
- prosodial — of or relating to prosody
- raspingly — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- redisplay — to display again
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rivalship — rivalry
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- 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.
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- slip rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- slip road — A slip road is a road which cars use to drive on and off a motorway.
- slip-rail — one of a horizontal set of fence rails that can be removed easily to leave a gateway.
- 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.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spearlike — resembling a spear
- spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spiraling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spiralism — an individual's ascent in spiral structure
- spiralist — a person or thing that ascends in a spiral structure
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spiralled — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirillar — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spoliator — a plunderer
- sporidial — relating or belonging to one or more sporidia
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- sprekelia — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, from Mexico and Guatemala, related to hippeastrum and grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers, in the form of a cross: family Amaryllidaceae
- sprigtail — the pintail, Anas acuta.
- springald — a youth; young fellow.
- spritsail — a sail extended by a sprit.
- strap-oil — a beating
- strapline — a subheading in a newspaper or magazine article or in any advertisement
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- surprisal — the act of surprising.
- tap swirl — a device used to direct the flow of water from a tap in a sink
- unispiral — having one spiral.
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.