8-letter words containing s, e, p, t, a
- dpsather — Data-parallel Sather. deterministic fine-grained parallelism. E-mail: <[email protected]>. ftp://lynx.csis.dit.csiro.au/p/pub/ather/dpsather.papers.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- epaulets — Plural form of epaulet.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- epitases — Plural form of epitasis.
- epitasis — (ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- expiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expiate.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.
- forepast — bygone
- gatepost — the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- heeltaps — Plural form of heeltap.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- impastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste.
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- netscape — 1. Netscape Navigator. 2. Netscape Communications Corporation.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- palestra — a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- palstave — a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pap test — a test for cancer of the cervix, consisting of the staining of cervical cells taken in a cervical or vaginal smear (Pap smear or pap smear) for examination of exfoliated cells.
- parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- parietes — Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- partiers — a person who parties, especially regularly or habitually: New Year's Eve always brings out the partyers.
- partners — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- pasithea — one of the Graces.
- past due — payment: overdue, late
- pastance — an activity that passes time; recreation
- paste-on — that can be pasted or stuck on: canning jars with paste-on labels.