8-letter words containing s, p, e
- apprised — appraise.
- appriser — a person who appraises
- apprises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprise.
- apprizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprize.
- approves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve.
- appulses — Plural form of appulse.
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- apurpose — (dialect) on purpose; deliberately.
- apyrases — Plural form of apyrase.
- artspeak — (language) An early simple language for plotter graphics.
- aseptate — not divided into cells or sections by septa
- asparkle — in a glittering or glinting manner
- aspected — (astrology, obsolete) Subject to a particular planetary aspect.
- asperate — (of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
- asperger — a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- asperges — a short rite preceding Mass, in which the celebrant sprinkles those present with holy water to the accompaniment of the chant Asperges me, Domine
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- aspermia — the failure to form or emit semen
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- aspersed — Simple past tense and past participle of asperse.
- asperser — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- asphodel — any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirers — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- at speed — quickly
- attempts — An act of trying to achieve something, typically one that is unsuccessful or not certain to succeed.
- auspices — an augur of ancient Rome.
- b-sample — a urine or blood sample used in doping tests in professional sports to confirm or invalidate the presence of banned substances in the first sample, the A-sample
- bagpipes — Bagpipes are a musical instrument that is traditionally played in Scotland. You play the bagpipes by blowing air through a pipe into a bag, and then squeezing the bag to force the air out through other pipes.
- bakeshop — Also called bakeshop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/ (Show IPA). a baker's shop.
- baptised — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise.
- baptizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize.
- base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
- base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
- bellpush — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
- bepester — to pester persistently
- bepraise — to praise highly
- bespoken — a past participle of bespeak.
- bespouse — to marry
- bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
- besprent — sprinkled over
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector