8-letter words containing n, a, s, e, p
- 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
- spanless — impossible to span
- spanspek — a sweet rough-skinned melon; a cantaloupe: family Cucurbitaceae
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- 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.
- spearman — a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- spelaean — of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
- spendall — a spendthrift
- spetsnaz — a Soviet intelligence force
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- spruance — Raymond Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. admiral.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- spunware — objects formed by spinning.
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- sunspace — sunroom.
- superfan — a very or extremely devoted fan
- superman — a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- synapses — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- teaspoon — a small spoon generally used to stir tea, coffee, etc.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- transept — any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- trapnest — a nesting box that can be entered but not exited by a hen, which is then released once its eggs have been counted
- unlapsed — no longer committed to or following the tenets of a particular belief, obligation, position, etc.: a lapsed Catholic.
- unparsed — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- unpassed — having completed the act of passing.
- unphased — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- unpraise — to withhold praise from
- unsapped — strong
- unshaped — not shaped or definitely formed.
- unshapen — not shaped or definitely formed; shapeless; formless; indefinite.
- unsoaped — unwashed; not rubbed with soap