6-letter words containing i, s, p
- siphon — 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.
- siplan — SIte PLANning computer language. Interactive language for space planning. "Formal Languages for Site Planning", C.I. Yessios in Spatial Synthesis for Computer-Aided Design, C. Eastman ed, Applied Science Publ 1976.
- sippar — an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- sipped — to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.
- sipper — a person who sips.
- sippet — a small bit; fragment.
- sipple — to take small sips (of)
- siprol — Signal Processing Language. A DSP language.
- sirupy — having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
- sit up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sit-up — an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
- sitrep — a military situation report
- skimpy — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
- skippy — tending to skip
- sliped — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slippy — Informal. slippery.
- sniped — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- sniper — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snippy — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- sophia — a female given name.
- sophie — a female given name.
- sopite — put to sleep
- spadix — an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe.
- sparid — any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- sparti — Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- specie — species.
- specif — specific
- speiss — a product obtained in smelting certain ores, consisting of one or more metallic arsenides, as of iron or nickel.
- spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- sphinx — 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.
- spiced — Food that is spiced has had spices or other strong-tasting foods added to it.
- spicey — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- spider — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- spiffy — spruce; smart; fine.
- spigot — a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.
- spiked — Something that is spiked has one or more spikes on it.
- spiker — a pointed, perforated tube connected to a garden hose, pushed into the soil for deep watering.
- spikes — shoes with metal projections on the sole and heel for greater traction, as used by athletes
- spiles — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilth — spillage (def 1).
- spinae — a spine or spinelike projection.
- spinal — of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone.
- spinar — a fast-spinning star or celestial mass
- spinel — any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spinet — a small upright piano.
- spinor — a quantity resembling a vector or tensor that is used in physics to represent the spins of fermions.
- spinto — having a lyric quality with a strong, dramatic element: a spinto soprano voice.
- spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.