8-letter words containing s, p, i, t
- in-steps — the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- incipits — Plural form of incipit.
- insculpt — engraved
- inspects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspect.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- isotoped — Simple past tense and past participle of isotope.
- isotopes — Plural form of isotope.
- isotopic — any of two or more forms of a chemical element, having the same number of protons in the nucleus, or the same atomic number, but having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, or different atomic weights. There are 275 isotopes of the 81 stable elements, in addition to over 800 radioactive isotopes, and every element has known isotopic forms. Isotopes of a single element possess almost identical properties.
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- isotypic — of or relating to an isotype.
- jumpsuit — a one-piece suit worn by parachutists for jumping.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- lapidist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- let slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- lickspit — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipstick — a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- metopism — a congenital disfigurement of the forehead in which the frontal suture, which normally undergoes closure during childhood, persists
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milpitas — a town in W California.
- misadapt — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
- mispaint — to paint badly or wrongly
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misplant — to plant badly or wrongly
- mispoint — (transitive) To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
- misprint — a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
- misspelt — Simple past tense and past participle of misspell.
- misspent — spent wrongly or unwisely; wasted: misspent youth.
- misstamp — to stamp badly
- missteps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misstep.
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- mistypes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistype.
- mixtapes — Plural form of mixtape.
- mopstick — a mop handle
- mosh pit — Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts.
- nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- nepotist — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- netpipes — (networking) A package by Robert Forsman <[email protected]> to manipulate BSD Unix TCP/IP stream sockets. The netpipes package makes TCP/IP streams usable in shell scripts. It can also simplify client-server code by allowing the programmer to skip all the tedious programming related to sockets and concentrate on writing a filter/service.
- netsplit — netburp
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.