5-letter words containing s, p, e
- lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- leaps — Plural form of leap.
- lepas — (zoology) Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle.
- lepus — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Orion and Columba
- lopes — Plural form of lope.
- mapes — Walter, c1140–1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
- mexsp — Mexican Spanish
- mopes — to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
- napes — the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- neaps — Plural form of neap.
- neeps — Plural form of neep.
- nepos — Cornelius, 99?–24? b.c, Roman biographer and historian.
- olpes — Plural form of olpe.
- opens — Plural form of open.
- opers — Plural form of oper.
- paise — Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pakse — a city in S Laos, on the Mekong River.
- pales — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pares — to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of.
- parse — parser
- paseo — a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll.
- pases — (in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- passe — no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
- paste — copy and paste
- pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- paxes — the Roman goddess of peace.
- peans — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pears — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- pease — a pea.
- pecos — a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
- pedes — a foot or footlike part.
- peeps — to utter the short, shrill little cry of a young bird, a mouse, etc.; cheep; squeak.
- peers — a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
- pends — to remain undecided or unsettled.
- penes — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- penis — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- pents — penthouse (def 4).
- pepsy — Prolog extended with parallel modules within which explicit OR-parallelism can be used.
- pepys — Samuel, 1633–1703, English diarist and naval official.
- peres — Shimon [shi-mohn] /ʃɪˈmoʊn/ (Show IPA), born 1923, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1984–86, 1995–96.
- peris — one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- perks — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perse — of a very deep shade of blue or purple.
- perst — perished
- perts — a management method of controlling and analyzing a system or program using periodic time and money reports, often computer generated, to determine dollar and labor status at any given time.
- pesah — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- pesky — annoyingly troublesome; pesty: bothered by a pesky fly.
- pesto — a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.
- pesty — being a nuisance or pest; annoyingly troublesome.
- peyse — to balance or equalize in weight