8-letter words containing m, i, p
- pumicate — to pound or rub smooth with pumice
- pumicite — a fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash
- pumpking — pumpkin
- pumplike — resembling a pump
- puparium — a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects
- puppyism — impudence
- puriform — resembling pus; purulent.
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- pygidium — any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
- pygmyish — resembling a pygmy
- pygmyism — the state of being a pygmy
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyriform — pear-shaped.
- pyxidium — a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
- reimport — to import back into the country of exportation.
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- reprimed — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- rifampin — a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 4 3 H 5 8 N 4 O 1 2 , used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- sapphism — lesbianism.
- sapremia — blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- scamping — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scrimper — a person who scrimps
- scrimpit — ungenerous
- scrimply — sparingly
- semiopen — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septimus — a male given name.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shrimper — a shrimp fisherman.
- silphium — an American flowering wild plant of the family Asteraceae
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- simples! — an expression used to suggest that something can be done or understood with no difficulty
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simplify — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- simplism — exaggerated simplicity, as in concentrating on a single aspect or factor of a problem or situation while disregarding others; oversimplification: The senator is given to simplism in dealing with international issues.
- simplist — a herbalist
- simpulum — an ancient dipper having the rim of the bowl at right angles to the handle.
- sinapism — mustard plaster.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- ski jump — a snow-covered chute or slide at the side of a hill or built up on top of the hill, the base of the chute having a horizontal ramp that enables a skier to speed down the chute, take off at the end of the ramp, and land further down the hill.
- skimpily — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges