8-letter words containing s, p, i, t
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- sapphist — a lesbian
- sappiest — abounding in sap, as a plant.
- 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.
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotopic — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scrimpit — ungenerous
- scripsit — he wrote (it); she wrote (it).
- scripted — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- scripter — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- sculpsit — he engraved, carved, or sculptured (it); she engraved, carved, or sculptured (it). Abbreviation: sc.
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- septaria — a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septimus — a male given name.
- setpoint — the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
- shift up — When you shift up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- 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
- sidestep — to step to one side.
- signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simplist — a herbalist
- 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.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- six-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing six pips.
- skip it! — it doesn't matter!
- skip out — leave, flee
- skipdent — an open-weave effect in fabric, produced by purposely omitting specific warp ends in the drawing-in process.
- slip out — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slip top — the end of a slip stem on a spoon.
- 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.
- sophists — (often initial capital letter) Greek History. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
- sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sorptive — the state or process of being sorbed.
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes
- speciate — to form or develop into a new biological species