8-letter words containing s, p, e, i
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- pitiless — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
- pixieish — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- plaister — plaster.
- plausive — applauding.
- pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plimsole — a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- poetship — the state or function of being poet
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- poitiers — a city in SE France, on the Rhone River, S of Lyons: Roman ruins.
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- politest — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polities — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- pontoise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- popeship — the office of a pope
- popsicle — ice lolly
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porpoise — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- portside — situated on the port side
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pre-aids — (not in technical use) AIDS-related complex.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precised — a concise summary.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- prefixes — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- premiers — the winners of a premiership
- premised — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- premises — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
- prepubis — (in some animals) a bone situated in front of the pubis
- prerinse — a preliminary rinse before further treatment
- prescind — to separate or single out in thought; abstract.