7-letter words containing a, d, s, p
- dyspnea — difficult or labored breathing.
- elapids — Plural form of elapid.
- elapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of elapse.
- escaped — Simple past tense and past participle of escape.
- expands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expand.
- grasped — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- heptads — Plural form of heptad.
- joypads — Plural form of joypad.
- keypads — Plural form of keypad.
- kidnaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kidnap.
- klipdas — a rock hyrax, Procavia capensis
- lapdogs — Plural form of lapdog.
- mispaid — Simple past tense and past participle of mispay.
- pad saw — a small compass saw with a pad.
- paddies — a rice field.
- palsied — paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles.
- pansied — covered with pansies
- parados — a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.
- parodos — (in ancient Greek drama) an ode sung by the chorus at their entrance, usually beginning the play and preceding the proagōn in comedy or the alteration of epeisodia and stasima in tragedy.
- passade — a turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same ground.
- passado — a forward thrust with the weapon while advancing with one foot.
- phasmid — any insect of the order Phasmida, comprising the walking sticks and leaf insects.
- phidias — c500–432? b.c, Greek sculptor.
- phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- pisidia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- plasmid — a segment of DNA independent of the chromosomes and capable of replication, occurring in bacteria and yeast: used in recombinant DNA procedures to transfer genetic material from one cell to another.
- plastid — a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- podcast — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- podesta — any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- posadas — a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- potsdam — a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km). Capital: Potsdam.
- pousada — a government-operated inn in Portugal.
- pradesh — a state, esp a state in the Union of India
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- respade — to dig over; dig up or work (ground etc) with a spade again
- sandpit — a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- saphead — a simpleton; fool.
- sapwood — the softer part of the wood between the inner bark and the heartwood.
- scalped — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- sharped — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shepard — Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
- skidpan — an area made slippery so that vehicle drivers can practise controlling skids
- snapped — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- spadger — a sparrow
- spading — a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- spammed — (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.
- spandau — a district of Berlin, in E Germany: site of prison for Nazi war criminals.
- spandex — a synthetic fiber composed of a long-chain polymer, used chiefly in the manufacture of garments to add elasticity.