8-letter words containing p, a, l, i, s
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- spillage — the act or process of spilling.
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- spillway — a passageway through which surplus water escapes from a reservoir, lake, or the like.
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- spirilla — any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- spitball — a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- springal — a young man
- stapelia — any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- starlisp — *LISP
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- supplial — the act or an instance of supplying
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- triapsal — (of a church) having three apses
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- zetalisp — (language) The Maclisp dialect used on the LISP Machine. The many extensions to Maclisp include vectors, closures, flavors, stack groups, locatives, and invisible pointers. Currently supported by Lisp Machines, Inc. and Symbolics.