8-letter words containing a, s, e, p, i
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- sidepath — a minor path
- sinapine — an alkaloid, C 1 6 H 2 5 NO 5 , found in the seeds of the black mustard.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- spadille — the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- spaewife — a woman who foretells the future
- sparerib — a cut of pork ribs with most of the meat trimmed off
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species
- sphairee — a game resembling tennis played with wooden bats and a perforated plastic ball, devised by F. A. Beck in 1961
- spillage — the act or process of spilling.
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- stapelia — any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- thespiae — a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- timepass — a way of passing the time
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- triphase — operating in three phases
- unpraise — to withhold praise from
- upraised — If your hand or an object is upraised, you are holding it up in the air.
- vampires — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vaporise — to cause to change into vapor.
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- warpwise — in a vertical direction; at right angles to the filling; lengthwise.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- wiretaps — Plural form of wiretap.
- zetalisp — (language) The Maclisp dialect used on the LISP Machine. The many extensions to Maclisp include vectors, closures, flavors, stack groups, locatives, and invisible pointers. Currently supported by Lisp Machines, Inc. and Symbolics.