8-letter words containing s, p, e, i
- presided — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presider — to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- presidio — a garrisoned fort; military post.
- preslice — to slice in advance
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- pressing — urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- pression — an act of pressing
- prestige — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- pretties — pretty women
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- previsit — to visit beforehand
- previsor — to foresee.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- primness — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- primrose — Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of.
- princeps — first edition.
- princess — a nonreigning female member of a royal family.
- prioress — a woman holding a position corresponding to that of a prior, sometimes ranking next below an abbess.
- prisoner — a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody, especially as the result of legal process.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- promisee — a person to whom a promise is made.
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- pruinose — covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- psellism — Pathology. stuttering; stammering.
- psephism — (in ancient Athens) a proposition adopted by a majority vote in the public assembly
- psephite — any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- pseudish — pretentious
- puniness — puny quality or condition
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purtiest — pretty.
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- redilisp — R.M. Keller, U Utah. Dialect of Lisp used on the Rediflow machine, a derivative of FEL.
- reimpose — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- repraise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- reprised — Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- reptiles — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.