8-letter words containing s, i, p
- impounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound.
- impresst — (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of impress.
- imprimis — in the first place.
- imprints — Plural form of imprint.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of improve.
- impulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of impulse.
- impulses — Plural form of impulse.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- in phase — having the same phase.
- in posse — possible; potential
- in shape — person: physically fit
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- in-steps — the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- incipits — Plural form of incipit.
- incorpse — to incorporate
- insculpt — engraved
- inspects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspect.
- insphere — ensphere.
- inspired — aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence: an inspired poet.
- inspirer — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- inspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspire.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- iodopsin — a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.
- ipsambul — Abu Simbel.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- iriscope — an instrument that displays the prismatic colours, consisting of a polished black glass which is breathed upon via a tube
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isohypse — (meteorology) A line on a map connecting points of equal height of a given pressure level.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isopedin — the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isophone — an isogloss marking off an area in which a particular feature of pronunciation is found
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isospins — Plural form of isospin.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotoped — Simple past tense and past participle of isotope.
- isotopes — Plural form of isotope.
- isotopic — any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- isotypic — of or relating to an isotype.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- japanism — a custom, trait, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Japan or its people.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- jimpness — the quality of being jimp