8-letter words containing e, l, i, p
- spindled — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- spinless — having no spin
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- spirelet — a small spire, as on a turret.
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- splendid — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splitter — a person or thing that splits.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- 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.
- steplike — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stippled — A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots.
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- sulphide — A sulphide is a compound of sulphur with some other chemical elements.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- superlie — to lie above
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- supplied — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- supplier — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- supplies — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- tailpipe — an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- the pill — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- tholepin — thole1
- tie clip — clasp for securing a necktie
- tie plug — a wooden plug driven into the hole left in a tie when a spike has been withdrawn.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- toe clip — a device attached to a bicycle pedal that grips the front part of the rider's shoe to keep the foot from slipping off the pedal.
- topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
- tripedal — having three feet.
- triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
- triple a — anti-aircraft artillery
- triplets — three children born at the same time to the same mother
- triplite — a dark-brown, massive mineral, fluorophosphate of iron and manganese.
- trippler — a horse that moves at a tripple
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- underlip — the lower lip
- unpolite — impolite.
- unripely — in an unripe manner
- uplifted — improved, as in mood or spirit.
- uplifter — a person or thing that uplifts.