8-letter words containing t, e, s, p
- step cut — a cut consisting of a rectangular girdle, often faceted, with two or more tiers of narrow facets running parallel to the girdle on both the crown and the pavilion: used especially in stones in which color is more important than brilliance.
- step out — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
- step-off — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stepdame — a stepmother.
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stephead — dropline.
- stephens — Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- stepless — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- steplike — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stepover — an instance of raising the foot over the ball while in possession in order to wrong-foot an opponent
- stepping — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- stepwise — in a steplike arrangement.
- stewpond — a fishpond, often located in the garden of a monastery
- stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stippled — A surface that is stippled is covered with tiny spots.
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stoke up — to feed and tend (a fire, etc) with fuel
- stompers — stamp (defs 1–3).
- stopless — not having any stops, continuous
- stopover — a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- store up — save, keep in reserve
- stovetop — the upper surface of a stove, especially the area used for cooking: a stovetop cluttered with unwashed pots and pans.
- strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
- strapper — a person or thing that straps.
- strepent — noisy
- strepper — streptococcus.
- strepto- — indicating a shape resembling a twisted chain
- stripped — having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
- stripper — a person who strips.
- stropper — a person who strops.
- strumpet — a prostitute; harlot.
- stumpage — standing timber with reference to its value.
- stupider — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- stuprate — to ravish or rape
- subdepot — a depot within a larger depot
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- superate — overcome; surmounted; surpassed
- superfit — extremely fit
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superhot — extremely hot
- superjet — a jet aircraft, especially a large one, capable of supersonic flight.
- supertax — Chiefly British. a tax in addition to a normal tax, as one upon income above a certain amount.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- sweetlip — any of various Australian fish with large lips
- sweetsop — a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family.
- t-shaped — having the shape of a letter T