8-letter words containing s, t, p, i
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- posticum — epinaos.
- postmill — a windmill with machinery mounted on a frame that turns in its entirety to face the wind.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- postriot — of or relating to the period after a riot
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- practise — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- prestige — reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
- pretties — pretty women
- previsit — to visit beforehand
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- 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.
- privates — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- 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.
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- protists — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- pruritus — itching.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- psephite — any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- psilotic — of or relating to a disease of the small intestine
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- ptilosis — the falling out of eye lashes
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- puckfist — a puffball fungus
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- puissant — powerful; mighty; potent.
- puristic — strict observance of or insistence on purity in language, style, etc.
- 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.
- purities — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- purtiest — pretty.
- put wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- quipster — a person who frequently makes quips.
- 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.
- receipts — a written acknowledgment of having received, or taken into one's possession, a specified amount of money, goods, etc.
- reptiles — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- rescript — a written answer, as of a Roman emperor or a pope, to a query or petition in writing.
- rispetto — a form of folk verse from Tuscany
- sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
- salt pit — a pit where salt is obtained.