8-letter words containing s, p, i, d
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- serendip — Arabic name of Sri Lanka.
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shipside — the area alongside a ship, as on a pier.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- 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.
- simpered — to smile in a silly, self-conscious way.
- 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.
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- solpugid — sun spider.
- spadille — the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speedily — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- speyside — the area surrounding the River Spey in E Scotland; famous for whisky distilleries.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spin-dry — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spindled — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- spirated — twisted in a spiral
- spirited — pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- splendid — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sporadic — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- sprigged — a small spray of some plant with its leaves, flowers, etc.
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- 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.
- 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.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.