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8-letter words containing s, p, i, t, n

  • pit-sawn — (of timber, esp formerly) sawn into planks by hand in a saw-pit
  • pitikins — a mild oath (esp in the phrase ods pitikins)
  • plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
  • pointers — a person or thing that points.
  • pontoise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
  • porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
  • positing — to place, put, or set.
  • position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • positron — an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
  • postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
  • pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
  • pristina — the capital city of Kosovo, S Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro: site of 1389 battle against Turks and center of modern Kosovar (Albanian) separatist movement.
  • pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
  • proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
  • puritans — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
  • rasputin — Grigori Efimovich [gri-gawr-ee i-fee-muh-vich;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee yi-fyee-muh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ɪˈfi mə vɪtʃ;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪˈfyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1916, Siberian peasant monk who was very influential at the court of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra.
  • sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
  • saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
  • satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
  • sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
  • setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
  • shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
  • sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
  • sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
  • siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
  • sit spin — a spin performed on one skate, in which the skater slowly squats down into a sitting position, with the other leg extended out in front.
  • sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
  • skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
  • slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
  • snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
  • snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
  • sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
  • spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes
  • spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
  • spenting — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
  • spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
  • spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
  • spinster — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spintext — a preacher
  • spitting — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
  • spittoon — a cuspidor.
  • splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
  • sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
  • spotting — the hobby of watching for and noting particular examples of something, such as birds, numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
  • spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
  • 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.
  • sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
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