6-letter words containing t, p, s
- ptisan — a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- ptosis — a drooping of the upper eyelid.
- ptyxis — the folding of each individual leaf in a bud
- purest — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- purist — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- pushto — Pashto.
- pushtu — Pashto.
- putois — a brush to paint pottery
- putsch — a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, especially one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
- rapist — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raptus — a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- repast — a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
- repost — a reposted message, resent via email or posted again on an internet chatboard etc
- respot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- ripest — having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- ripost — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- s-http — secure hypertext transfer protocol: a way of transmitting individual messages securely over the internet
- sapota — sapote.
- sapote — Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- satrap — a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- schtup — to have sexual intercourse with.
- script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- sculpt — shape, carve
- septal — of or relating to a septum.
- septet — any group of seven persons or things.
- septi- — seven
- septic — pertaining to or of the nature of sepsis; infected.
- septum — a dividing wall, membrane, or the like, in a plant or animal structure; dissepiment.
- set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-up — Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- sexpot — a sexually attractive person.
- sippet — a small bit; fragment.
- sit up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sit-up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sitrep — a military situation report
- sopite — put to sleep
- sp. ht — specific heat
- spaatz — Carl, 1891–1974, U.S. general.
- sparta — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- sparth — a type of battle-axe
- sparti — Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- spathe — a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- spects — single photon emission computed tomography: a technique for measuring brain function similar to PET.
- speltz — a wheat variety
- spents — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spetch — a piece of animal skin or leather
- spigot — a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- spilth — spillage (def 1).
- spinet — a small upright piano.
- spinto — having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element: a spinto soprano voice.