7-letter words containing e, s, p, i
- persius — (Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
- peshito — the standard translation of the Old and New Testaments in ancient Syriac
- pessima — the lowest or worst state of affairs
- petscii — (character) /pet'skee/ PET ASCII. The variation (many would say perversion) of the ASCII character set used by the Commodore Business Machines' PET series of personal computers and the later Commodore 64, Commodore 16, and Commodore 128 computers. The PETSCII set used left-arrow and up-arrow (as in old-style ASCII) instead of underscore and caret, placed the unshifted alphabet at positions 65--90, put the shifted alphabet at positions 193--218, and added graphic characters.
- pettish — easily irritated, sulky
- phineas — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”.
- phineus — a brother of Cepheus who was not brave enough to rescue his betrothed Andromeda from a sea monster and who was eventually turned to stone.
- phisher — to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.
- phonies — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- piaster — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piastre — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piceous — of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- piedish — a shallow dish for baking pies
- pieties — You refer to statements about what is morally right as pieties when you think they are insincere or unrealistic.
- pietism — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- pietist — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
- pigpens — a pen for keeping pigs.
- pigsney — a darling.
- pilates — a system of physical conditioning involving low-impact exercises and stretches designed to strengthen muscles of the torso and often performed with specialized equipment.
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- pilsner — a pale, light lager beer.
- pincase — a case for holding pins
- pincers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinesap — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- pinkies — inferior or cheap wine, especially red wine.
- pinsent — Sir Matthew (Clive). born 1970, British oarsman; won four gold medals in rowing events at consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004)
- pipless — (of fruit) without any pips; seedless
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piscean — a person born under the sign of Pisces.
- piscine — of, relating to, or resembling a fish or fishes.
- pishpek — former name (until 1926) of Bishkek.
- pismire — an ant.
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- piteous — evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- pitesti — a city in S central Romania, on the Argeş River.
- plenish — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plenism — the philosophical theory that there are no vacuums in nature
- plenist — a person who adheres to the philosophical theory of plenism
- pliskie — a practical joke
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- pockies — woollen mittens
- poetics — poetics.
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polies' — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
- posited — to place, put, or set.
- possies — a job; position.
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praiser — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.