8-letter words containing a, s, m, p
- prestamp — to stamp in advance
- priapism — Pathology. continuous, usually nonsexual erection of the penis, especially due to disease.
- primates — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psammite — any sandstone.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- puntsman — a man in charge of a river punt
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- ramparts — Fortification. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet.
- rampsman — a mugger; violent robber
- resample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- sandpump — a pump for wet sand
- sapphism — lesbianism.
- sapremia — blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scamping — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- sea palm — a kelp, Postelsia palmaeformis, of the Pacific coast of North America, that resembles a miniature palm tree.
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- serapeum — a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- sinapism — mustard plaster.
- site map — A site map is a plan of a website showing what is on it and providing links to the different sections.
- smallpox — an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
- smash up — destroy, break into pieces
- smash-up — the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- spaceman — an astronaut.
- spademan — a man who works with spade
- spamming — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spearman — a person who is armed with or uses a spear.
- specmark — (benchmark) The average of a set of floating-point and integer SPEC benchmark results. While the old average SPECmark89 has been popular with the industry and the press, SPEC has intentionally *not* defined an average "SPECmark92" over all CPU benchmarks of the 1992 suites (CINT92 and CFP92), for the following reasons: With 6 integer (CINT92) and 14 floating-point (CFP92) benchmarks, the average would be biased too much toward floating-point. Customers' workloads are different, some integer-only, some floating-point intensive, some mixed. Current processors have developed their strengths in a more diverse way (some more emphasizing integer performance, some more floating-point performance) than in 1989. Some SPECmark results are available here. See also SPECint92, SPECfp92, SPECrate_int92, SPECrate_fp92.
- spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
- spermary — an organ in which spermatozoa are generated; testis.
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- spumante — Italian. any sparkling wine.
- stamp on — tread heavily on
- stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
- star map — star chart.