8-letter words containing s, a, m, p
- misadapt — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
- mispaint — to paint badly or wrongly
- misparse — To parse incorrectly.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misspace — to space out wrongly
- misspeak — Express oneself insufficiently clearly or accurately.
- misstamp — to stamp badly
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- momparas — Plural form of mompara.
- mud wasp — any of several wasps, as the mud dauber, that construct a nest of mud.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- myospasm — A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle.
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- pacifism — opposition to war or violence of any kind.
- paeanism — the show of a paean
- paganism — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- paludism — malaria.
- panislam — all of Islam or the Muslim world
- papalism — the papal system.
- paramese — a note in ancient Greek music, the note above the mese
- parmesan — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- pascal-m — ["Pascal-m: A Language for Loosely Coupled Distributed Systems", S. Abramsky et al in Distributed Computing Systems, Y. Paker et al eds, Academic Press 1986, pp. 163-189].
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- paspalum — any of various grasses of the genus Paspalum of Australia and New Zealand having wide leaves
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- pastrami — a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- permease — any of the proteins that mediate the transport of various molecules across biological membranes.
- pessimal — /pes'im-l/ (Latin-based antonym for "optimal") Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also "pessimise" To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- phantasm — an apparition or specter.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- pressman — a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.