8-letter words containing k, e, p, i
- pink-eye — a contagious, epidemic form of acute conjunctivitis occurring in humans and certain animals: so called from the color of the inflamed eye.
- pinkened — to grow or turn pink.
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pipelike — like or resembling a pipe
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- pithlike — similar to pith
- poetlike — resembling a poet
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- popelike — resembling a pope
- pork pie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- pumplike — resembling a pump
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- ropelike — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- ski pole — a slender pole or stick, usually with a metal point at one end, a loop for the hand at the other, and a disk near the lower end to prevent its sinking into snow, used in skiing to gain momentum, maintain balance, execute certain jumps, etc.
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- 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.
- spike up — a naillike fastener, 3 to 12 inches (7.6 to 30.5 cm) long and proportionately thicker than a common nail, for fastening together heavy timbers or railroad track.
- spikelet — a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- 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.
- toe pick — one of the sharp teeth in the front part of a figure-skating blade.
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- unpicked — to take out the stitches of (sewing, knitting, etc.).
- unpinked — not decorated with a perforated pattern
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- whiplike — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- wisplike — a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.