7-letter words containing s, p, e, a
- pincase — a case for holding pins
- pinesap — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piscean — a person born under the sign of Pisces.
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plashet — a small, marshy pond
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pleased — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleaser — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleases — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- poaches — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- podesta — any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- posaune — an organ reed with a tone resembling a trombone
- postage — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- pradesh — a state, esp a state in the Union of India
- praeses — a Roman governor, esp a provincial governor, from the 2nd century AD
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praiser — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- presage — a presentiment or foreboding.
- presale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- presoak — to soak (laundry) in a liquid containing agents that loosen dirt, remove stains, etc., before washing.
- prewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- prisage — the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psather — (language) A parallel extension of Sather for a clustered shared memory model. It features threads synchronised by monitor objects ("gates"); locality assertions and placement operators. There is an implementation for the CM-5.
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- pytheas — 4th century bc, Greek navigator. He was the first Greek to visit and describe the coasts of Spain, France, and the British Isles and may have reached Iceland
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- rephase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- reposal — the act of reposing.
- reshape — to shape again or into different form.
- respace — to change the spacing of
- respade — to dig over; dig up or work (ground etc) with a spade again
- respawn — (of a character or item in a video game) to reenter an existing game environment at a fixed point after having been defeated or otherwise removed from play: If another player character has already opened the treasure chest, you will have to wait a few minutes for the chest to respawn.
- respeak — to speak or say (something) again
- respray — coat again with spray paint
- restamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- s phase — the period of the cell cycle prior to mitosis, during which the chromosomes are replicated.
- sampler — a person who samples.
- saphead — a simpleton; fool.
- saphena — saphenous vein.
- sapiens — of, relating to, or resembling modern humans (Homo sapiens).
- sapient — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- sapless — without sap; withered; dry: sapless plants.