7-letter words containing p, i, s
- sceptic — a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- scoping — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scorpio — Astronomy. Scorpius.
- scrapie — a usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: thought to be caused by an infectious prion.
- scrimpy — scanty; meager; barely adequate.
- scripps — Edward Wyllis [wil-is] /ˈwɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1854–1926, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- scripts — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- seedlip — a basket holding seeds that are to be sown
- seeping — to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
- semiped — half a poetic foot; a half-measure in poetic metre
- semipro — semiprofessional
- senopia — the improvement of near-sight often accompanying old age due to nuclear sclerosis
- septime — the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- serapis — Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- sergipe — a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
- serpigo — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shaping — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- sharpie — sharper.
- shilpit — (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- shin up — If you shin up a tree or a pole, you climb it quickly and easily, using your hands and legs to grip it.
- shipboy — ship's boy.
- shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
- shiplap — an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- shipman — a sailor.
- shipped — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
- shippen — a cowshed
- shipper — a person who discusses, writes about, or takes an interest in a romantic relationship between fictional characters, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger shippers.
- shippie — a prostitute who solicits at a port
- shippon — a cow barn or cattle shed.
- shipway — the structure that supports a ship being built.
- shrimpy — resembling a shrimp
- sibship — the condition of being a member of a sib.
- sign up — a token; indication.
- sign-up — an act or instance of signing up.
- signups — an act or instance of signing up.
- silt up — If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt.
- simpl-t — The base language for a family of languages and compilers.
- simpler — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simplex — simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.
- simplon — a mountain pass in S Switzerland, in the Lepontine Alps: crossed by a carriage road constructed 1800–06 on Napoleon's orders. 6592 feet (2010 meters) high.
- simpson — James Young, 1811–70, Scottish professor of obstetrics and obstetrician: pioneer in use of ether and chloroform as anesthetics.
- sinopia — a reddish pigment derived from iron ore
- sinopis — a red ocher, used from antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- siphnos — a Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea, in the Cyclades group: gold and silver mines. 28 sq. mi. (75 sq. km).
- sipping — to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.
- sit-ups — abdominal exercise
- size up — the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.