7-letter words containing p, i, s
- spitter — brocket (def 2).
- spittle — saliva; spit.
- splenic — of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen: splenic nerves.
- splicer — a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- splined — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- split-c — Parallel extension of C for distributed memory multiprocessors. Aims to provide efficient low-level access to the underlying machine.
- spodium — a fine black powder formed by calcination
- 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.
- spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
- spoking — a simple past tense of speak.
- spongin — a scleroprotein occurring in the form of fibers that form the skeleton of certain sponges.
- sporing — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sporoid — of or like a spore
- sportif — sporty
- spotlit — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spottie — a young deer of up to three months of age
- spraint — a piece of otter's dung
- spriest — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spriggy — possessing sprigs or small branches.
- spright — an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- springe — a snare for catching small game.
- springs — a leap, jump, or bound.
- springy — characterized by spring or elasticity; flexible; resilient: He walks with a springy step.
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spulyie — to plunder
- spumoni — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- spunkie — a will-o'-the-wisp.
- spuriae — the feathers on the bastard wing of a bird
- sputnik — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- step in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
- step it — to dance
- step-in — (of garments, shoes, etc.) put on by being stepped into.
- stickup — a holdup; robbery.
- stipend — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- stipple — to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
- stipule — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- stirpes — a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.
- stirrup — a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- stompie — a cigarette butt
- stop in — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stoping — any excavation made in a mine, especially from a steeply inclined vein, to remove the ore that has been rendered accessible by the shafts and drifts.
- striped — having stripes or bands.
- striper — Military. a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes: a four-striper. an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service: a six-striper.
- stripes — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- stupids — Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them. Succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's "Star, Bright". In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few "Brights" like herself, a huge majority of "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the merely ordinary geniuses.
- stypsis — the employment or application of styptics.
- styptic — serving to contract organic tissue; astringent; binding.
- suiplap — a drunkard
- suit up — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.