8-letter words containing s, e, p, a, l
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- 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.
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
- examples — Plural form of example.
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- flapless — not having a flap or flaps
- flappers — something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.
- glaspell — Susan, 1882–1948, U.S. novelist and dramatist.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- grapples — Plural form of grapple.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- heeltaps — Plural form of heeltap.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- impanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impanel.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- kalispel — a Salishan language used by the Flathead Indians of Montana and by some neighboring tribes in Idaho and the western part of Washington.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- lace-ups — Lace-ups are shoes which are fastened with laces.
- lampless — Without a lamp or lamps; unlit.
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- lap-size — of a size to fit the lap: a lap-size chessboard.
- lapsable — liable to lapse.
- lapsible — liable to lapse.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- misplace — to put in a wrong place.
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nepalese — of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.