5-letter words containing s, p, i
- quips — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- sampi — an ancient Greek number character
- sapid — having taste or flavor.
- sapir — Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sarpi — Paolo (ˈpaolo), real name Pietro Soave Polano. 1552–1623, Italian scholar, theologian, and patriot, who championed the Venetian republic in its dispute with Pope Paul V, arguing against papal absolutism and for the separation of church and state
- scrip — a prescription, as for a drug.
- sepia — a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- sepik — a river in N Papua New Guinea, flowing E to the Bismarck Sea. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- siepi — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2010, Italian basso.
- simpl — Simulation language, descendant of OPS-4, compiled into PL/I on Multics. "The SIMPL Primer", M.W. Jones et al, Oct 1971.
- simps — a fool; simpleton.
- simpy — of or like a simp.
- siped — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- siper — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sipid — having a pleasing taste or flavor.
- siple — Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- sirup — to bring to the form or consistency of syrup.
- skimp — to scrimp.
- slipe — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slips — "An Interpreter for SLIPS - An Applicative Language Based on Lambda-Calculus", V. Gehot et al, Comp Langs 11(1):1-14 (1986).
- slipt — simple past tense of slip1 .
- slirp — (networking, tool) A SLIP emulator by Danny Gasparovski, faster than TIA. Version: 0.95H 12 Sep 95.
- snipe — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- snips — to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
- snipy — resembling or like a snipe bird
- sophi — Sophy.
- spahi — one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- speir — to ask; inquire
- spial — an observation
- spica — spike2 .
- spice — any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- spick — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spicy — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- spide — a young working-class man who dresses in casual sports clothes
- spied — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- spiel — a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spier — a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spies — a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- spiff — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
- spiks — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spiky — having a spike or spikes.
- spile — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spill — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- spilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spill1 .
- spina — a spine or spinelike projection.
- spine — the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- spink — a finch
- spiny — abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.