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7-letter words containing s, p, u, e

  • pseudo- — false, fake
  • pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
  • pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
  • punches — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
  • punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
  • puppies — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
  • 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.
  • puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
  • pussies — Informal. a cat, especially a kitten.
  • pussley — purslane
  • pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
  • puttees — a long strip of cloth wound spirally round the leg from ankle to knee, worn especially formerly as part of a soldier's uniform.
  • repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
  • restump — to provide (a building) with new stumps
  • rise up — move upwards
  • save up — put money aside
  • scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
  • scauper — a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
  • 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.
  • seal up — make water- or air-tight
  • sell up — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
  • send up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
  • send-up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
  • seppuku — hara-kiri (def 1).
  • seropus — a liquid consisting of mingled serum and pus
  • serpula — a member of a genus of marine annelid or tubeworm belonging to the Serpulid family, characterized by the serpentine calcareous tube it produces and inhabits
  • shakeup — A shakeup is a major set of changes in an organization or a system.
  • shapeup — a system of hiring dock workers using a union hiring boss who selects the day's crew from a gathering of available workers
  • shed up — to store (hay) in a shed
  • size up — the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
  • size-up — an appraisal or estimation, especially as the result of sizing up: asking for a size-up of the new office equipment.
  • skepful — skep (def 2).
  • slumped — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
  • slurper — a person who slurps his or her food or drink
  • spatule — a spatula
  • specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
  • speedup — acceleration
  • spelunk — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
  • spicule — a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
  • spinule — a small spine.
  • splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
  • sporule — a spore, especially a small one.
  • spouted — fitted with a spout: a spouted pitcher.
  • spouter — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
  • sprague — Frank Julian, 1857–1934, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor.
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