9-letter words containing u, p, s
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speechful — full of speech or expression
- spell out — to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- spelunked — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spill out — overflow
- spinulate — having a spine or spines
- spirillum — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- 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.
- spirulina — any of the blue-green algae of the genus Spirulina, sometimes added to food for its nutrient value.
- spissatus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun.
- spit curl — a tight curl of hair, usually pressed against the forehead or cheek.
- spleenful — full of or displaying spleen.
- splendour — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- 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.
- spodumene — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, LiAlSi 2 O 6 , occurring in prismatic crystals, transparent varieties being used as gems.
- spondulix — money; cash.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- spongious — spongy or relating to a sponge
- sporidium — a small spore produced on the basidia or promycelia of fungi, etc
- 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
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
- spring up — If something springs up, it suddenly appears or begins to exist.
- spruce up — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.
- spruce-up — an act of cleaning up, refurbishing, renovating, or the like.
- spun silk — yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.
- spun yarn — yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.
- spur gall — a hairless and indurated area or gall on the side of a horse, caused by the irritation of a spur.
- spur gear — a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.
- spur-gall — to scrape, rub or injure (a horse) with the spur when riding
- sputnik 1 — an unmanned Soviet satellite launched in 1957, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
- square up — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- 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).