8-letter words containing i, s, p
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biphasic — having two phases
- blimpish — highly conservative and nationalistic
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- bogomips — (unit) (From "bogus", "MIPS") The timing unit of the Linux kernel. A BogoMips is an unscientific measurement of processor speed made by the Linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop.
- bonspiel — a curling match
- bowsprit — a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
- bush pig — any of a genus (Potamochoerus) of wild African pigs that live in forested regions
- caiaphas — the high priest at the beginning of John the Baptist's preaching and during the trial of Jesus (Luke 3:2; Matthew 26)
- calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- campinas — a city in SE Brazil, in São Paulo state: centre of a rich agricultural region, producing esp coffee. Pop: 2 640 000 (2005 est)
- campions — Plural form of campion.
- campsite — A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
- canopies — Plural form of canopy.
- cantrips — Plural form of cantrip.
- capelins — Plural form of capelin.
- capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool
- capiases — Plural form of capias.
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- caprices — Plural form of caprice.
- caprines — Plural form of caprine.
- capsicin — a liquid or resin extracted from capsicum
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- capsized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsize.
- capsizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsize.
- captains — Plural form of captain.
- captions — Plural form of caption.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
- cassiope — (sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- cesspipe — a waste pipe, especially one discharging from a cesspool.
- cesspits — Plural form of cesspit.
- chapatis — Plural form of chapati.
- chappies — Plural form of chappie.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chip set — (hardware) A collection of integrated circuits that are designed to be used together for some specific purpose. E.g. control circuitry in an IBM PC.
- chippers — to chirp or twitter.
- chippies — Plural form of chippy.
- chipsets — Plural form of chipset.
- chirrups — Plural form of chirrup.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- chumship — friendship
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles