9-letter words containing s, t, p, e
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spilosite — a form of slate
- spinneret — an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spiraster — a part of a living sponge
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spitteler — Carl [German kahrl] /German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), ("Felix Tandem") 1845–1924, Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1919.
- splendent — shining or radiant, as the sun.
- splenetic — of the spleen; splenic.
- splenitis — inflammation of the spleen
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- split end — an offensive end who lines up some distance outside the formation on the line of scrimmage as a pass receiver.
- split pea — a dried green pea, split and used especially for soup.
- split-new — brand-new
- splitters — a person or thing that splits.
- splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporocyte — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- sportance — pleasurable or playful activities
- sportless — without any sport
- sportsmen — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportster — a sports car.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- spot line — a rope or wire hung from a specific place on the gridiron for flying a piece of scenery that could not be flied by the existing battens.
- spot news — the latest news, reported immediately.
- spot rate — trading: immediate price
- spot test — an informal test run without elaborate preparation in order to obtain an immediate sample response.
- spot-weld — to weld (two pieces of metal) together in a small area or spot by the application of heat and pressure.
- spottable — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- spoutless — having no spout
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- springlet — a small spring of water.
- sprintnet — A public packet-switched network using the ITU-T X.25 protocols, that provides dial-up access to services like Delphi, Portal, GEnie and Compuserve.
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- st-pierre — town in NW Martinique, West Indies, on the site of a city destroyed (1902) by eruption of Mount Pelée: pop. 5,000
- st-tropez — commune and seaside resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: pop. 5,000
- stairstep — a step in a staircase.
- stampeder — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- stampless — without a stamp
- standpipe — a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- stapedial — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- steampipe — a pipe for conveying steam from a boiler.
- 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.
- steamship — a large commercial vessel, especially one driven by steam.
- steel pan — steel drum.