9-letter words containing y, a, p, s
- redisplay — to display again
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- scrapyard — A scrapyard is a place where old machines such as cars or ships are destroyed and where useful parts are saved.
- sea poppy — horn poppy.
- septenary — of or relating to the number seven or forming a group of seven.
- sisyphean — of or relating to Sisyphus.
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- slaphappy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- spacially — spatial.
- spagyrist — an alchemist
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- sparingly — economical (often followed by in or of).
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- spatially — of or relating to space.
- speakeasy — a saloon or nightclub selling alcoholic beverages illegally, especially during Prohibition.
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
- spiny rat — any of various ratlike rodents of the genus Echimys, inhabiting forests of Central and South America, most having bristly fur.
- spirality — the spiral nature of a curve
- spirogyra — a widely distributed filamentous freshwater green alga of the genus Spirogyra.
- splayfoot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.
- spoonways — like spoons, esp by fitting together in the way that spoons do
- spray can — a small can whose contents are in aerosol form. Compare aerosol bomb.
- 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.
- spun yarn — yarn produced by spinning fibers into a continuous strand.
- spy plane — an aircraft used to carry out surveillance of an enemy country or military formations from a high altitude
- spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
- staphylo- — uvula
- sumptuary — pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure.
- superably — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- superbaby — an infant whose mental development and language acquisition are stimulated and presumably accelerated by certain teaching methods.
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- sympatico — simpatico
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synaptase — a compound present in almonds and other oily seeds
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- tympanist — a person who plays the drums, especially the kettledrums, in an orchestra.