7-letter words containing d, s, p
- scalped — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- seedlip — a basket holding seeds that are to be sown
- seedpod — a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.
- semiped — half a poetic foot; a half-measure in poetic metre
- send up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
- send-up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
- sharped — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shed up — to store (hay) in a shed
- shepard — Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
- shipped — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
- skidpan — an area made slippery so that vehicle drivers can practise controlling skids
- skipped — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- slipped — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slopped — to spill or splash (liquid).
- slumped — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- snapped — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- snipped — to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
- snooped — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
- soliped — solidungulate.
- 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.
- spanked — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spanned — the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
- sparoid — resembling or pertaining to the porgy family, Sparidae.
- 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.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- spinode — cusp (def 3).
- spiroid — more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- 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