7-letter words containing p, e
- apapane — a small, deep crimson Hawaiian honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, having black wings, tail, and bill.
- aparejo — a kind of packsaddle made of stuffed leather cushions
- apatite — a pale green to purple mineral, found in igneous rocks and metamorphosed limestones. It is used in the manufacture of phosphorus, phosphates, and fertilizers. Composition: calcium fluorophosphate or calcium chlorophosphate. General formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,OH,Cl). Crystal structure: hexagonal
- ape-man — any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man
- apehood — the state of being an ape
- apelike — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apelles — 4th century bc, Greek painter of mythological subjects, none of whose work survives, his fame resting on the testimony of Pliny and other writers
- apepsia — a medical condition characterized by ineffective digestion or indigestion
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- apeshit — (slang) Out of control due to anger or excitement.
- aphelia — The point in the orbit of a celestial body at which it is farthest from the body it orbits.
- aphemia — a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words.
- aphesis — the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire
- aphetic — pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- aphthae — Plural form of aphtha.
- apiezon — designating any of a number of hydrocarbon oils, greases, or waxes, characterized by a low vapour pressure and used in vacuum equipment
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- apnoeas — Plural form of apnoea.
- apnoeic — of or relating to apnoea
- apocope — omission of the final sound or sounds of a word
- apodema — apodeme.
- apodeme — a ridgelike ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports the internal organs and provides the attachment points for the muscles.
- apogean — Connected with the apogee.
- apogees — Plural form of apogee.
- apogeic — of or relating to an apogee
- apojove — (astronomy) the spot that is the farthest away from the planet Jupiter in the orbit of each of its own satellites; apoapsis around Jupiter.
- apolune — the point in a lunar orbit when a spacecraft is at its greatest distance from the moon
- apoplex — to afflict with apoplexy
- apopyle — (in sponges) a pore in each of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall, through which water passes into the excurrent canals.
- aporiae — Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- apostle — The apostles were the followers of Jesus Christ who went from place to place telling people about him and trying to persuade them to become Christians.
- apothem — the perpendicular line or distance from the centre of a regular polygon to any of its sides
- appaled — Misspelling of appalled.
- apparel — Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion.
- appeale — Obsolete spelling of appeal.
- appeals — Plural form of appeal.
- appeard — Obsolete spelling of appeared.
- appeare — Obsolete spelling of appear.
- appears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appear.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- appends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of append.
- appleby — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: famous for its annual horse fair. Pop: 2862 (2001)
- applets — Plural form of applet.
- applied — An applied subject of study has a practical use, rather than being concerned only with theory.
- applier — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- applies — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- apposed — Simple past tense and past participle of appose.
- apposer — a person who asks questions
- apposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appose.
- appress — to press together or towards a surface