8-letter words containing s, o, u, p
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- shot put — a field event in which a heavy ball or shot is thrown or put for distance.
- showjump — to take part in a showjumping competition
- sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- skip out — leave, flee
- sleepout — a place, such as an outbuilding or porch, used for sleeping away from the main building
- slip out — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slop out — (of prisoners) to empty chamber pots and collect water for washing
- soapsuds — suds made with water and soap.
- sober up — recover from being drunk
- solpugid — sun spider.
- soporous — sleepy.
- soupbone — a bone used for making soup or broth.
- soupless — having no soup
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- sourpuss — a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spacious — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spermous — of the nature of or pertaining to sperm.
- spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
- spit out — eject by spitting
- spoilful — plundering
- spoonful — as much as a spoon can hold.
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- spousage — marriage
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- spurgeon — Charles Haddon [had-n] /ˈhæd n/ (Show IPA), 1834–92, English Baptist preacher.
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- step out — 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.
- stock up — buy a lot of sth for future use
- stoke up — to feed and tend (a fire, etc) with fuel
- stop out — the act of stopping.
- stop-out — a temporary withdrawal from school or a delay in the pursuit of one's education.
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- sub-plot — minor, secondary storyline
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- subgroup — a subordinate group; a division of a group.
- suboptic — below the eye
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- subprior — a monk junior to a prior
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers