9-letter words containing s, p, l, a, t, e
- parietals — the regulations that govern living within a college
- past life — previous incarnation
- pastelist — an artist who draws with pastels.
- pastorale — an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
- pectorals — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- penalties — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- pit scale — any of various small oval-shaped homopterous insects of the family Asterolecaniidae, the female members of which have their bodies embedded in a waxy mass, as in the destructive Cerococcus quercus ((oak wax scale) or (oak scale)) or covered with a waxy film.
- plantless — having no plants
- plantlets — a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
- plastered — drunk.
- plasterer — builder or decorator who applies plaster
- plastique — a ballet technique for mastering the art of slow, controlled movement and statuelike posing.
- plateless — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platelets — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
- pleatless — having no pleats
- pleonaste — a type of blackish mineral
- pole mast — a mast on a sailing vessel, consisting of a single piece without separate upper masts.
- pole star — Polaris.
- pole-star — Polaris.
- postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
- prelatess — a female prelate
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- preseptal — of or relating to a septum.
- psaltress — a woman who plays the psaltery
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- replaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- saltpeter — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saltpetre — the form of potassium nitrate, KNO 3 , that occurs naturally, used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc.; niter.
- saprolite — soft, disintegrated, usually more or less decomposed rock remaining in its original place.
- scapolite — any of a group of minerals of variable composition, essentially silicates of aluminum, calcium, and sodium, occurring as massive aggregates or tetragonal crystals.
- sceptical — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- sellotape — clear sticking tape
- skeptical — doubtful about a particular thing: My teacher thinks I can get a scholarship, but I'm skeptical.
- sleepcoat — a lightweight, knee-length garment for sleep or lounging, styled like a pajama top and having a sash.
- slip seat — an upholstered seat having its own frame that fits loosely into the frame of a chair.
- soleplate — a plate upon which studding is erected.
- sparticle — a hypothetical elementary particle thought to have been produced in the Big Bang
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines