7-letter words containing p, e, d
- 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.
- tadpole — the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- taliped — (of a foot) twisted or distorted out of shape or position.
- tapered — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tempted — If you say that you are tempted to do something, you mean that you would like to do it.
- tepidly — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- thumped — a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
- tiderip — a rip caused by conflicting tidal currents or by a tidal current crossing a rough bottom.
- tied up — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- tonepad — a keypad used to transmit information by generating tones that can be recognized by a central system as corresponding to particular digits
- top-end — Top-end products are expensive and of extremely high quality.
- topside — the upper side.
- torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
- toupeed — wearing a toupee