8-letter words containing s, t, e, p, l
- pisolite — limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- pistolet — a small gun
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- pitiless — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
- plaister — plaster.
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- pleasant — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plotless — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- poetless — having no poet
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polestar — Polaris.
- politest — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polities — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- pollster — a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star
- portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- repletes — abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
- reptiles — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septleva — (in the card game of basset) an amount seven times as high as the player's original stake
- septuple — sevenfold; consisting of seven parts.
- sextuple — consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- sleepout — a place, such as an outbuilding or porch, used for sleeping away from the main building
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spaetzle — a dish consisting of lumps or threads made from a batter of flour, milk, eggs, and salt, usually poured through a coarse colander into boiling water, and then either drained and mixed in butter, lightly pan-fried, or added to sauces, stews, etc.
- spanglet — a little spangle
- sparklet — a small spark.
- spätlese — type of German wine, usually white
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- spikelet — a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.
- spirelet — a small spire, as on a turret.
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- splatter — an act or instance of splattering.
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.