9-letter words containing s, p, u, n
- sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- soften up — make softer
- soundpost — a small post, usually of pine, on guitars, violins, etc, that joins the front surface to the back, helps to support the bridge, and allows the whole body of the instrument to vibrate
- soupspoon — a large spoon, commonly having a rounded bowl, with which to eat soup.
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.
- spelunked — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spleenful — full of or displaying spleen.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- split run — a pressrun, as that of a newspaper or magazine, which is interrupted after the running of a specified number of copies to permit the substitution of type or of a cut, as in a keyed advertisement: a device for testing the relative effectiveness of different versions of an advertisement.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- spongious — spongy or relating to a sponge
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
- spring up — If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
- spun silk — yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
- spun yarn — yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.
- sputnik 1 — an unmanned Soviet satellite launched in 1957, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
- steampunk — a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy featuring advanced machines and other technology based on steam power of the 19th century and taking place in a recognizable historical period or a fantasy world.
- step turn — a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
- string up — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strung up — tense, anxious
- subalpine — pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.
- subpoenas — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- subpurlin — a light structural member for carrying roofing materials, supported by and running at right angles to purlins.
- sulpician — a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
- summon up — call to action
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- sunn-hemp — a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfund — a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.
- supergene — formed by descending waters, as mineral or ore deposits (opposed to hypogene).
- superlong — extremely long
- supermind — an exceptional mind
- supermini — the fastest and most powerful type of minicomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with mainframes.
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- supernova — the explosion of a star, possibly caused by gravitational collapse, during which the star's luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star's mass is blown away at very high velocity, sometimes leaving behind an extremely dense core.
- superthin — extremely thin
- supervene — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supinator — a muscle used in supination.