8-letter words containing p, e, s, i
- cassiope — (sometimes initial capital letter) any evergreen shrub belonging to the genus Cassiope, of the heath family, having nodding white or pinkish solitary flowers and scalelike or needlelike leaves.
- cesspipe — a waste pipe, especially one discharging from a cesspool.
- cesspits — Plural form of cesspit.
- chappies — Plural form of chappie.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chip set — (hardware) A collection of integrated circuits that are designed to be used together for some specific purpose. E.g. control circuitry in an IBM PC.
- chippers — to chirp or twitter.
- chippies — Plural form of chippy.
- chipsets — Plural form of chipset.
- chopines — Plural form of chopine.
- clippers — a hand tool with two cutting blades for clipping fingernails, hedges, etc
- clippies — Plural form of clippie.
- clupeids — Plural form of clupeid.
- compiles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compile.
- complies — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
- comprise — If you say that something comprises or is comprised of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members.
- conspire — If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
- coppices — Plural form of coppice.
- crappies — Plural form of crappie.
- crepitus — a crackling chest sound heard in pneumonia and other lung diseases
- crimpers — to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
- cripples — Plural form of cripple.
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- crispens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crispen.
- crispers — Plural form of crisper.
- crispest — Superlative form of crisp.
- cup size — a measurement of the parts of a bra that actually hold the breasts
- cusplike — Resembling or characteristic of a cusp.
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deep-six — To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- demireps — Plural form of demirep.
- demyship — a type of scholarship awarded at Magdalen College, Oxford
- depolish — to remove the polish from (an object)
- deposing — Present participle of depose.
- deposite — Obsolete spelling of deposit.
- deposits — Plural form of deposit.
- depretis — Agostino (aɡoˈstiːno). 1813–87, Italian statesman; prime minister (1876–78; 1878–79; 1881–87). His policy led to the Triple Alliance (1882) between Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
- deprives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprive.
- deputies — Plural form of deputy.
- deputise — to appoint as deputy.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despised — Simple past tense and past participle of despise.
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- despises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes