8-letter words containing s, p, e, i
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- sidepath — a minor path
- sideslip — to slip to one side.
- sidespin — a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- sidestep — to step to one side.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- simples! — an expression used to suggest that something can be done or understood with no difficulty
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- sinapine — an alkaloid, C 1 6 H 2 5 NO 5 , found in the seeds of the black mustard.
- sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- sixpenny — of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
- ski pole — a slender pole or stick, usually with a metal point at one end, a loop for the hand at the other, and a disk near the lower end to prevent its sinking into snow, used in skiing to gain momentum, maintain balance, execute certain jumps, etc.
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- sleep in — live-in (def 1).
- sleep-in — live-in (def 1).
- sleepily — ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleipnir — the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- slipless — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slipover — of or denoting a garment that can be put on easily over the head
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- slippers — Slippers are loose, soft shoes that you wear in your room.
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- slipsole — an insole placed in a shoe for warmth or to adjust the size.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spadille — the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- spaewife — a woman who foretells the future
- sparerib — a cut of pork ribs with most of the meat trimmed off
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species