8-letter words containing s, p, i, n, e
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- sidespin — a spinning motion imparted to a ball that causes it to rotate in course about its vertical axis.
- 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
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- sixpenny — of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
- 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).
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- sleipnir — the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- 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).
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- 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.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spelling — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- spenting — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spermine — a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- 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
- spinifex — any of several Australian grasses of the genera Spinifex, Plectrachne, or Triodia, having spiny seeds and stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that grow in dense masses.
- spinless — having no spin
- spinnery — a spinning mill.
- spinster — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spintext — a preacher
- splendid — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- 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.