8-letter words containing s, p, i, c
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotopic — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
- scrimper — a person who scrimps
- scrimpit — ungenerous
- scrimply — sparingly
- scripsit — he wrote (it); she wrote (it).
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scripter — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- sculping — the act of cutting the skin and its adhering fat from the body of a seal.
- sculpsit — he engraved, carved, or sculptured (it); she engraved, carved, or sculptured (it). Abbreviation: sc.
- seapiece — seascape (def 1).
- semplice — to be performed in a simple manner
- septical — septic
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
- six-pack — six bottles or cans of a beverage, as beer or a soft drink, packaged and sold especially as a unit.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace.
- skipjack — any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slick up — to make sleek or smooth.
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- spacings — an act of someone or something that spaces.
- spacious — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species
- specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- spherics — Also, sferics. (used with a singular verb) a branch of meteorology in which electronic devices are used to forecast the weather and to study atmospheric conditions.
- sphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- spiccato — (of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- spice up — make more exciting
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- spiculum — a small, needlelike body, part, process, or the like.
- spilitic — relating to spilite
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- spitcher — the end or finish
- splicing — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sprucing — trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.