9-letter words containing s, p
- aprosexia — Inability to concentrate.
- apse line — the major axis of an elliptical orbit.
- apsidiole — a secondary, or small, apse
- aptitudes — Plural form of aptitude.
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- arhatship — the state of having achieved enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal of Theravada Buddhists
- arpeggios — Plural form of arpeggio.
- asclepiad — a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias — any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- ascocarps — Plural form of ascocarp.
- ascospore — one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- asparagus — Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
- aspargine — (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.
- aspartame — an artificial sweetener produced from aspartic acid. Formula: C14H18N2O5
- aspartate — a salt formed from the amalgamation of a base and aspartic acid
- aspectant — (of birds, fish, and animals other than beasts of prey) face to face; respectant.
- aspectual — of or relating to grammatical aspect
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- aspersing — Present participle of asperse.
- aspersion — a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- asphalted — Simple past tense and past participle of asphalt.
- asphalter — a person who spreads a layer of asphalt
- asphaltic — Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt; bituminous.
- asphaltum — a substance used to protect surface areas of metal that do not require to be etched
- asphodels — Plural form of asphodel.
- asphyxial — the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.
- aspidioid — relating to an aspidium
- aspirants — Plural form of aspirant.
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirates — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- aspirator — a device employing suction, such as a jet pump or one for removing fluids from a body cavity
- asplenium — any fern of the very large genus Asplenium, of worldwide distribution. Some, esp the bird's nest fern (A. nidus), are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative evergreen fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- assay cup — a small wine cup for tasting wine to be offered to another person.
- assumpsit — (before 1875) an action to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract or agreement that was not under seal
- asymptote — a straight line that is closely approached by a plane curve so that the perpendicular distance between them decreases to zero as the distance from the origin increases to infinity
- asynapsis — failure of pairing of chromosomes at meiosis
- at a push — with difficulty; only just
- atrophies — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atypicals — Plural form of atypical.
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- austemper — to harden (steel) by heating and quenching to render it austenitic.
- autopista — a Spanish motorway