8-letter words containing p, a, i, n, s
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spalling — a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spamming — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spanking — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spanning — the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
- spanrail — a rail connecting two legs of furniture; stretcher.
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- spawning — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spingarn — Joel Elias, 1875–1939, U.S. literary critic, publisher, and editor.
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- springal — a young man
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapping — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- synapsid — a fossil reptile (of the subclass Synapsida) that exhibits some mammal-like characteristics of the skull
- synapsis — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tant pis — so much the worse
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tranship — transship
- unpraise — to withhold praise from
- wingspan — the distance between the wing tips of an airplane.