8-letter words containing sp
- claspers — a paired organ of male insects, used to clasp the female during copulation
- claspeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clasp.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- cockspur — a spur on the leg of a cock
- conspire — If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
- crispate — having a curled or waved appearance
- crispens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crispen.
- crispers — Plural form of crisper.
- crispest — Superlative form of crisp.
- crisping — Present participle of crisp.
- cuspated — Ending in a point.
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- cuspidor — spittoon
- cusplike — Resembling or characteristic of a cusp.
- despairs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despair.
- despatch — dispatch
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despised — Simple past tense and past participle of despise.
- despiser — to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
- despises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despise.
- despited — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- desponds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of despond.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- diaspora — the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispeace — an absence of peace
- dispence — Obsolete form of dispense.
- dispense — to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- dispirit — to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- dispised — Simple past tense and past participle of dispise.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displant — to dislodge.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disport.
- disposal — availability for use
- disposed — having a certain inclination or disposition; inclined (usually followed by to or an infinitive): a man disposed to like others.
- disposer — a person or thing that disposes.
- disposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dispose.
- disposit — (transitive) To deposit.
- dispread — to spread out
- disprize — to hold in small esteem; disdain.
- disproof — the act of disproving.