8-letter words containing s, p, i, n
- striping — a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
- stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- 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.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- swamping — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapping — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- swinepox — a variety of chicken pox.
- swooping — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
- synapsid — a fossil reptile (of the subclass Synapsida) that exhibits some mammal-like characteristics of the skull
- synapsis — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncopic — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- synopsis — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tant pis — so much the worse
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tin pest — the powdering of tin exposed to low temperatures, caused by allotropic transformation.
- tinsnips — snips for cutting sheet metal
- tompkins — Daniel D. 1774–1825, U.S. politician and jurist: vice president of the U.S. 1817–25.
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- townskip — a mischievous and roguish child who frequents city streets
- tranship — transship
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- twinship — the condition of being a twin or twins
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unespied — unnoticed; not seen
- unpoised — not poised; unbalanced
- unpoison — to extract poison from
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- unpraise — to withhold praise from
- unpriest — to strip a person of the priesthood; defrock
- unprison — to release from prison.
- unspoilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
- uprising — an act of rising up.
- upspring — to spring up.
- usurping — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- windship — a ship propelled by wind; a sailing ship
- wineshop — a shop where wine is sold.
- wingspan — the distance between the wing tips of an airplane.
- wingtips — Plural form of wingtip.
- wirespun — drawn out as wire is.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.