9-letter words containing u, p, s, e, t
- proestrus — the period immediately preceding estrus.
- prosateur — a person who writes prose, especially as a livelihood.
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proustite — a mineral, silver arsenic sulfide, Ag 3 AsS 3 , occurring in scarlet crystals and masses: a minor ore of silver; ruby silver.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.
- pterosaur — any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- pulpstone — a calcified mass in a dental cavity
- pulsatile — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulsative — throbbing; pulsating.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pussytoes — any of various woolly plants of the genus Antennaria
- pustulate — to cause to form pustules.
- put aside — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- puttyless — having no putty
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- quipsters — Plural form of quipster.
- rustle up — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- sauté pan — a pan used for sautéing food
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- separatum — a reprint of an article separately from the magazine, journal, or book in which it was originally published; an offprint
- septarium — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septuplet — any group or combination of seven.
- sepulture — the act of placing in a sepulcher or tomb; burial.
- serpulite — a fossilized calcareous tube of a serpula
- settle up — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- sextuplet — a group or combination of six things.
- sextuplex — sixfold; sextuple.
- sleep out — live-out.
- sleep-out — live-out.
- sleepsuit — a baby's sleeping garment
- soften up — make softer
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- spatulate — shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- speak out — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spirituel — showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- sporulate — to produce spores.
- spoutless — having no spout
- 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.