9-letter words containing s, p, u, t
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spissatus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- 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.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spout cup — a deep vessel used in feeding babies and invalids, having a long, curved, rising spout.
- spout off — to spout words in a way that is hasty, irresponsible, etc.
- spoutless — having no spout
- sputnik 1 — an unmanned Soviet satellite launched in 1957, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
- stamp out — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- 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.
- sth is up — If you say that something is up, you mean that something is wrong or that something worrying is happening.
- stipulate — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stitch up — sew a wound
- strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- string up — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strip out — to remove the working parts of (a machine)
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- strung up — tense, anxious
- stump bed — a bed without posts.
- stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
- stupefied — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupidest — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- stupidity — the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
- stuporous — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- subdeputy — an assistant to a deputy
- subpotent — not at full strength
- subscript — written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- sulphatic — sulphuric, of or pertaining to a sulphate
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- sumptuous — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- superatom — a cluster of atoms behaving in certain ways like a single atom
- superbity — pride
- superbrat — an exceptionally unpleasant or bratty person, someone who is very much a brat
- supercity — a large, heavily populated urban area that includes several cities; megalopolis.
- supercrat — a high-ranking bureaucrat, especially one of cabinet rank.
- supercute — very cute
- superette — a grocery store with some of the self-service features of a supermarket.
- superfast — very or extremely fast
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- supermart — a large self-service store selling food and household supplies
- supermoto — a form of motorcycle racing in which powerful motorbikes are raced over a circuit that is part tarmac and part dirt
- supernate — a supernatant liquid