7-letter words containing p, a, n
- snapper — any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
- snaptin — a container for food
- snowcap — a layer of snow forming a cap on or covering the top of something, as a mountain peak or ridge.
- soprano — the uppermost part or voice.
- spacing — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- 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.
- spaeman — a man who foretells the future
- spancel — a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- 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.
- spangle — a small, thin, often circular piece of glittering metal or other material, used especially for decorating garments.
- spangly — Spangly clothes are decorated with a lot of small shiny objects.
- spaniel — one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
- spanked — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- spanker — Nautical. a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts. a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.
- spanned — the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger when the hand is fully extended.
- spanner — a person or thing that spans.
- sparing — kept in reserve, as for possible use: a spare part.
- spartan — Also, Spartanic [spahr-tan-ik] /spɑrˈtæn ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to Sparta or its people.
- spelean — of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- spemann — Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1869–1941, German zoologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1935.
- spinach — a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- spinate — having thorns or a spine
- spinoza — Baruch [buh-rook] /bəˈruk/ (Show IPA), or Benedict de [ben-uh-dikt duh] /ˈbɛn ə dɪkt də/ (Show IPA), 1632–77, Dutch philosopher.
- spirant — fricative (def 2).
- spokane — a city in E Washington.
- sponsal — relating to marriage
- sporran — (in Scottish Highland costume) a large pouch for men, commonly of fur, worn, suspended from a belt, in front of the kilt.
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- stewpan — a pan for stewing; saucepan.
- sun pan — a vat for drying slip, sometimes artificially heated.
- sunlamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
- suntrap — sunny enclosed area
- suppawn — cornmeal mush.
- swanpan — a kind of abacus formerly used in China
- synapse — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- synapte — a litany.
- syncarp — an aggregate fruit.
- taiping — a person who participated in the unsuccessful rebellion (Taiping Rebellion) 1850–64, led by Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (Hong Xiuquan), who attempted to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.
- tamping — to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- tampion — a plug or stopper placed in the muzzle of a piece of ordnance when not in use, to keep out dampness and dust.
- tank up — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
- tapeman — a person who holds and positions a tape in taking measurements.
- tapping — a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot.
- tapsman — a barman
- timpana — a traditional Maltese baked pasta and pastry dish
- timpani — a set of kettledrums, especially as used in an orchestra or band.
- timpano — a kettledrum
- tin-pan — harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.