8-letter words containing p, a, i, s
- displant — to dislodge.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- disposal — availability for use
- dispread — to spread out
- distopia — Misspelling of dystopia.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earlship — earldom (def 1).
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- emphasis — Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
- ephesian — of or relating to Ephesus
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- epicarps — Plural form of epicarp.
- epigrams — Plural form of epigram.
- epimysia — Plural form of epimysium.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- epitases — Plural form of epitasis.
- epitasis — (ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
- escaping — Present participle of escape.
- escapism — The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- espalier — A fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice or a framework of stakes.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- eupepsia — Good digestion.
- expiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expiate.
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.
- gas pipe — a metal pipe used to supply a building with gas
- genipaps — Plural form of genipap.
- grampies — Plural form of grampy.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- grasping — greedy; avaricious: a sly, grasping man.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harpists — Plural form of harpist.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.