8-letter words containing d, s, p
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- sexed up — sexually aroused.
- sexed-up — sexually aroused.
- sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- shepherd — a male given name.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shipside — the area alongside a ship, as on a pier.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- shtupped — to have sexual intercourse with.
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- sidepath — a minor path
- sideslip — to slip to one side.
- sidespin — a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- sidestep — to step to one side.
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- slapdash — in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
- slaphead — a bald person
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- snowdrop — any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.
- soap pad — a small pad, usually of steel wool, containing a strong soap and used especially to scour pots and pans.
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
- soapsuds — suds made with water and soap.
- soda pop — a carbonated, flavored, and sweetened soft drink.
- solpugid — sun spider.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spademan — a man who works with spade
- spadille — the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- spadroon — a type of sword
- spaldeen — a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speckled — dotted, flecked
- speed up — an increasing of speed.
- speed-up — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- speedful — quick, efficient or brief
- speedily — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.