7-letter words containing p, r, e, c, s
- sceptre — to give a scepter to; invest with authority.
- scooper — a ladle or ladlelike utensil, especially a small, deep-sided shovel with a short, horizontal handle, for taking up flour, sugar, etc.
- scorper — scauper.
- scraper — a person or thing that scrapes.
- 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.
- screwup — a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
- scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- scupper — Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Compare freeing port.
- spacier — spaced-out (def 2).
- specter — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spector — Phil. born 1940, US record producer and songwriter, noted for the densely orchestrated "Wall of Sound" in his work with groups such as the Ronettes and the Crystals; convicted in 2009 for the second-degree murder (2003) of actress Lana Clarkson
- spectra — a plural of spectrum.
- spectre — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spencer — Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 1674–1722, British statesman: prime minister 1718–21.
- spermic — spermatic.
- spheric — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spicery — spice.
- spicier — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- splicer — a device used to hold two sections of motion-picture film, recording tape, etc., in proper alignment while they are being spliced together.
- triceps — a muscle having three heads or points of origin, especially the muscle on the back of the arm, the action of which straightens the elbow.