7-letter words containing s, p, e, r
- profess — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- profuse — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- progres — (language) PROgrammed Graph REwriting Systems.
- promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- propose — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- prosect — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prosper — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- prossed — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- prosser — Gabriel, 1775?–1800, U.S. leader of unsuccessful slave revolt.
- prosses — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- prostie — a prostitute.
- protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- proteus — Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- prowess — exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
- prowest — valiant.
- 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.
- psykter — a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- pursued — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pursuer — a person or thing that pursues.
- pursues — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- pyrites — pyrite.
- recepts — an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- reflisp — (language) A small Lisp interpreter written in C++ by Bill Birch of Bull, UK. RefLisp has a built-in web server, Wiki, LISP server pages, SQL Databases, XML parser, MD5 hashing, regular expressions, reference counting and mark-sweep garbage collection. RefLisp has shallow-binding and dynamic scope with optional support for lexical scope, Common Lisp compatibility and for indefinite extent Scheme programs. RefLisp is distributed under the GPL.
- 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.
- replies — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- reposal — the act of reposing.
- reposed — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- reposes — the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- reposit — to put back; replace.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- reprise — Usually, reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- 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
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- respell — to spell again or anew.
- respice — any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
- respire — to inhale and exhale air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathe.
- respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
- resplit — to split again
- respond — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- respool — to rewind onto a spool