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8-letter words containing e, p, i, s, t, a

  • pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
  • plaister — plaster.
  • practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
  • primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
  • pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
  • privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
  • psammite — any sandstone.
  • saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
  • sappiest — abounding in sap, as a plant.
  • septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
  • septical — septic
  • septimal — of or based on the number seven.
  • shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
  • sidepath — a minor path
  • site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
  • snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
  • speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species
  • spirated — twisted in a spiral
  • spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
  • spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
  • 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
  • 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.
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