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8-letter words containing n, i, p, t

  • pupation — to become a pupa.
  • puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
  • pycnotic — relating to a theory which holds that matter formation occurred as a result of ether condensation
  • pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
  • rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
  • rip into — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
  • sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
  • saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
  • satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
  • sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
  • setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
  • shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
  • sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
  • siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
  • sit spin — a spin performed on one skate, in which the skater slowly squats down into a sitting position, with the other leg extended out in front.
  • sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
  • skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
  • slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
  • snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
  • snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
  • sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
  • spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes
  • spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
  • spenting — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
  • spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
  • spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
  • spinster — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spintext — a preacher
  • spitting — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
  • spittoon — a cuspidor.
  • splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
  • sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
  • spotting — the hobby of watching for and noting particular examples of something, such as birds, numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
  • spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
  • sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
  • sprinter — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
  • sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
  • stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
  • steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
  • steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
  • step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
  • stepping — 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.
  • stickpin — a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
  • stink up — to cause to stink
  • stinkpot — Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.
  • stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
  • stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
  • stooping — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
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