8-letter words containing s, p, e, i
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- springer — a person or thing that springs.
- sprinkle — to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- sprinter — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spritzer — a tall drink made with chilled wine and soda.
- spruiker — to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.
- spurrier — a maker of spurs.
- spurries — spurry.
- 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.
- steapsin — the lipase present in pancreatic juice.
- steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- steepish — somewhat or a little steep
- step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
- 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.
- stepping — 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.
- stepwise — in a steplike arrangement.
- stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stippled — A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots.
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stripped — having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- stripper — a person who strips.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- 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
- superfit — extremely fit
- superfix — a suprasegmental feature having an identifiable meaning or grammatical function, as the stress pattern that distinguishes the noun record from the verb record or the parallel falling stress patterns of blackbird and highchair, reflecting a parallel relationship between the elements.
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- superlie — to lie above
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- 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.
- surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- swinepox — a variety of chicken pox.
- 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
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- the pits — a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground: pits caused by erosion; clay pits.
- the ship — the constellation Argo
- the yips — (in golf) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- thespiae — a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thespius — the founder of the city of Thespiae and the father, by Megamede, of 50 daughters, all of whom bore sons to Hercules.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt