8-letter words containing s, l, i, p
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- springal — a young man
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- stapelia — any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- starlisp — *LISP
- steplike — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stippled — A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- stumpily — in a stumpy manner
- stupidly — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sulphide — A sulphide is a compound of sulphur with some other chemical elements.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- sump oil — the waste oil from engines
- superlie — to lie above
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- supplial — the act or an instance of supplying
- supplied — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- supplier — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- supplies — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- syphilis — a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- thlipsis — compression or constriction by an outside cause, esp of the blood vessels or another part of the body
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- topelius — Zakarias [sah-kah-ree-ahs] /ˌsɑ kɑˈri ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1818–98, Finnish poet and novelist.
- topolski — Feliks (fiːlɪks). 1907–89, British painter, born in Poland; best known for his sketches and murals, esp for Memoir of the Century (1975–89) painted on viaduct arches on London's South Bank
- triapsal — (of a church) having three apses
- triplets — three children born at the same time to the same mother
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- unspoilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
- vorspiel — an introductory movement to a musical work, especially a prelude or overture.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- whipless — without a whip
- wisplike — a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.
- ypsiloid — having the shape of a 'Y' or ypsilon
- zetalisp — (language) The Maclisp dialect used on the LISP Machine. The many extensions to Maclisp include vectors, closures, flavors, stack groups, locatives, and invisible pointers. Currently supported by Lisp Machines, Inc. and Symbolics.