8-letter words containing g, s, p
- snapping — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- snooping — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
- solpugid — sun spider.
- spacings — an act of someone or something that spaces.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spalling — a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spamming — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- spanglet — a little spangle
- spanking — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spanning — the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- spawning — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spelling — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- spengler — Oswald [oz-wawld;; German aws-vahlt] /ˈɒz wɔld;; German ˈɔs vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1880–1936, German philosopher.
- spenting — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- sphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- sphygmo- — indicating the pulse
- sphygmus — the pulse.
- spiffing — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spillage — the act or process of spilling.
- spimming — a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spingarn — Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- spinning — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spitting — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- splicing — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- splining — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splurger — a person who splurges
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- sponging — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- spoofing — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.