7-letter words containing s, p, a, t
- dustpan — a short-handled shovellike utensil into which dust is swept for removal.
- empaths — Plural form of empath.
- enstamp — to imprint with a stamp
- entraps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrap.
- esparto — A coarse grass with tough narrow leaves, native to Spain and North Africa. It is used to make ropes, wickerwork, and high-quality paper.
- flypast — flyby (def 2a).
- gas tap — a valve for controlling the release of gas
- gestapo — the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
- haptens — Plural form of hapten.
- haptics — Usually, haptics. Digital Technology. a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device: You can save power by adjusting the haptics and brightness of your phone. an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user: joysticks and other haptics.
- harpist — a person who plays the harp, especially professionally.
- hatpins — Plural form of hatpin.
- hautpas — A raised part of the floor of a large room; a dais or platform for a raised table or throne.
- hepcats — Plural form of hepcat.
- heptads — Plural form of heptad.
- iapetus — Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
- impacts — Plural form of impact.
- imparts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impart.
- impaste — to cover with or enclose in a paste.
- impasto — the laying on of paint thickly.
- kapitsa — Pyotr L(eonidovich) [pyawtr lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /pyɔtr lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1978.
- lampost — Alternative spelling of lamppost.
- lappets — Plural form of lappet.
- laptops — Plural form of laptop.
- mappist — (archaic) cartographer.
- mispart — to part wrongly
- natsopa — National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel
- nonpast — a tense that is not the past tense, a non-past tense
- octapus — Misspelling of octopus.
- opiates — Plural form of opiate.
- outpass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- outspan — to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
- paestum — an ancient coastal city of Lucania, in S Italy: the extant ruins include three Greek temples and a Roman amphitheater.
- pantest — of or relating to pants: pant cuffs.
- panties — panties.
- parotis — a parotid gland
- parties — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- pashtun — of or relating to the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan and NW Pakistan
- passant — (of a beast) represented as in the act of walking, with one forepaw raised.
- passata — a sauce made from sieved tomatoes, often used in Italian cookery
- passout — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- past it — If you say that someone or something is past it, they are no longer able to do what they used to do.
- pastern — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- pasties — of or like paste in consistency, texture, color, etc.
- pastime — something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
- pastina — very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- pasting — a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- pastose — having a heavy impasto.
- pasture — Rogier [French raw-zhee-ey] /French rɔ ʒiˈeɪ/ (Show IPA), or Roger [French raw-zhey] /French rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), de la [French duh-la] /French də la/ (Show IPA), Weyden, Rogier van der.