7-letter words containing p, i, a
- carping — tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
- caspian — of or relating to the Caspian Sea
- casspir — an armoured military vehicle
- chapati — (in Indian cookery) a flat coarse unleavened bread resembling a pancake
- chaplin — Sir Charles Spencer, known as Charlie Chaplin. 1889–1977, English comedian, film actor, and director. He is renowned for his portrayal of a downtrodden little man with baggy trousers, bowler hat, and cane. His films, most of which were made in Hollywood, include The Gold Rush (1924), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940)
- chappie — chap2 (def 1).
- charpai — a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.
- charpie — a piece of lint used to make a surgical dressing
- cheapie — cheap
- chiapas — a state of S Mexico: mountainous and forested; Maya ruins in the northeast; rich mineral resources. Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Pop: 3 920 515 (2000). Area: 73 887 sq km (28 816 sq miles)
- cipango — (in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
- clipart — large collection of simple drawings stored in a computer
- copaiba — a transparent yellowish viscous oleoresin obtained from certain tropical South American trees of the leguminous genus Copaifera: used in varnishes and ointments
- copaiva — Alternative form of copaiba.
- copiapo — a city in N Chile.
- craping — to cover, clothe, or drape with crepe.
- crappie — either of two North American freshwater percoid food and game fishes, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (black crappie) or P. annularis (white crappie): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
- cyprian — of or relating to Cyprus
- dampier — William. 1652–1715, English navigator, pirate, and writer: sailed around the world twice
- damping — moistening or wetting
- dampish — (obsolete) Characterised by noxious vapours; misty, smoky.
- daphnia — any water flea of the genus Daphnia, having a rounded body enclosed in a transparent shell and bearing branched swimming antennae
- daphnid — any water flea of the genus Daphnia
- daphnis — a Sicilian shepherd, the son of Hermes and a nymph, who was regarded as the inventor of pastoral poetry
- dapifer — The servant that brings the meat to the table at a meal.
- dapping — to fish by letting the bait fall lightly on the water.
- dauphin — In former times, the king and queen of France's oldest son was called the dauphin.
- depaint — to depict or delineate
- despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
- dial-up — A dial-up connection to the Internet is a connection that uses a modem and a conventional telephone line.
- diapers — Plural form of diaper.
- diapsid — any member of the group of reptiles having two holes towards the back of each side of the skull; this group includes crocodiles and snakes
- digraph — a pair of letters representing a single speech sound, as ea in meat or th in path.
- dioptra — Alternative form of diopter.
- diphase — having two phases; two-phase.
- diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- dipnoan — belonging or pertaining to the order Dipnoi, comprising the lungfishes.
- dipodal — (organic chemistry) Describing any compound in which two (of the same) functional groups are on two separate chains.
- dipolar — Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- diptera — the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- dishpan — a large pan in which dishes, pots, etc., are washed.
- dispace — to move or travel about
- dispair — (transitive) To separate (a pair).
- dispand — (obsolete) To spread out; to expand.
- dispark — to release from confinement
- dispart — (now rare) To part, separate.
- display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- dopiaza — (in Indian cookery) a dish of meat or fish cooked in an onion sauce
- drapier — a draper
- draping — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.