7-letter words containing d, e, s, p
- spanned — the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
- sparred — a motion of sparring.
- speared — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- specced — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specked — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- speeded — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- speeder — a person or thing that speeds.
- speedex — Early system on IBM 701. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- speedup — acceleration
- speldin — a fish that has been split and dried
- spelled — to take the place of for a time; relieve: Let me spell you at the wheel.
- spender — Stephen, 1909–96, English poet and critic.
- spented — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- sphecid — belonging or pertaining to the Sphecidae, a family of solitary wasps, including the mud daubers, sand wasps, etc.
- spidery — like a spider or a spider's web.
- spiffed — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spinode — cusp (def 3).
- spitted — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- splined — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splodge — blot, splotch
- spoiled — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- spondee — a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter. Symbol: .
- spooked — Informal. a ghost; specter.
- sported — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spotted — Radio, Television. pertaining to the point of origin of a local broadcast. broadcast between announced programs.
- spouted — fitted with a spout: a spouted pitcher.
- spudded — Informal. a potato.
- spudder — a person who prepares and operates a rig for drilling oil wells.
- spuddle — a feeble movement
- spurned — to reject with disdain; scorn.
- spurred — having a spur or spurs.
- stamped — A stamped envelope or package has a stamp stuck on it.
- steeped — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- stepped — 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.
- stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stooped — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- stopped — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- striped — having stripes or bands.
- stumped — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- swamped — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapped — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- topside — the upper side.
- unposed — not posed; not done for effect; natural or candid: her unposed manner; an unposed photograph.
- unspied — unnoticed
- upsides — the upper side or part.
- usurped — to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- vespoid — like a wasp