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7-letter words containing b, e, p

  • dubstep — a style of mostly instrumental electronic music, originating in London, influenced by dub and characterized by syncopated rhythm and an emphasis on bass and drum elements.
  • dupable — a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
  • ephebes — Plural form of ephebe.
  • ephebus — in ancient Athens, a young citizen (18 to 20 years) undergoing physical and military training
  • epiblem — the outermost cell layer of a root; epidermis
  • epiboly — a process that occurs during gastrulation in vertebrates, in which cells on one side of the blastula grow over and surround the remaining cells and yolk and eventually form the ectoderm
  • hepburn — Audrey, 1929–93, U.S. actress, born in Belgium.
  • hepsiba — the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh. II Kings 21:1.
  • hipbone — innominate bone.
  • lobiped — (of birds) having lobed toes
  • netburp — (networking, chat)   (Or "netsplit") When netlag gets really bad, and delays between IRC servers exceed a certain threshhold, the network effectively becomes partitioned for a period of time, and large numbers of people seem to be signing off at the same time and then signing back on again when things get better. An instance of this is called a "netburp" (or, sometimes, netsplit).
  • openbsd — (operating system)   A version of BSD Unix with an emphasis on security. A lot of security work that is ported to other free operating systems originates with OpenBSD and a lot of code review is done here. Sub-projects of OpenBSD include implementations of SSH, ntpd, and CVS, to be called OpenCVS.
  • pacable — easily appeased
  • pageboy — a hair style in which the hair is rolled under, usually at shoulder-length.
  • papable — suitable or likely to become pope.
  • paraben — any ester of parahydroxybenzoic acid, some of which are used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals and have been found in breast cancer tumours
  • parable — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
  • parbake — to partially bake
  • patible — endurable; sufferable; tolerable
  • payable — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
  • peabody — Elizabeth Palmer, 1804–94, U.S. educator and reformer: founded the first kindergarten in the U.S.
  • pebrine — an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
  • pedicab — (especially in Southeast Asia) a three-wheeled public conveyance operated by pedals, typically one having a hooded cab for two passengers mounted behind the driver.
  • peebeen — a large hardwood evergreen tree (Syncarpia hilli) of the myrtle family, native to Australia
  • peebles — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • peg box — the head of a stringed instrument, with several pegs that can be turned so as to tune strings wound around them
  • pembina — highbush cranberry.
  • pen nib — the writing point of a pen
  • perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • phablet — a mobile device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet computer and is larger than a typical smartphone but not as large as a typical small tablet.
  • phlebo- — indicating a vein
  • phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
  • piebald — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
  • pig bed — a bed of sand for molding pigs into which molten metal is poured.
  • pinbone — the hipbone, especially in a four-footed animal.
  • placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
  • plebify — to make popular or vulgar
  • pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
  • plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
  • plumber — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
  • pokable — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
  • potable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
  • potherb — any herb prepared as food by cooking in a pot, as spinach, or added as seasoning in cookery, as thyme.
  • pre-buy — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
  • prebake — to bake in advance or beforehand
  • prebend — a stipend allotted from the revenues of a cathedral or a collegiate church to a canon or member of the chapter.
  • prebill — to issue an invoice (to someone) prior to the service being provided
  • prebind — to bind beforehand
  • preboil — to boil (food etc) before (cooking, roasting, etc)
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