7-letter words containing s, p
- nunship — the office, function, or fact of being a nun
- nymphos — Plural form of nympho.
- oaklisp — (language) A portable object-oriented Scheme by K. Lang and Barak Perlmutter of Yale. Oaklisp uses a superset of Scheme syntax. It is based on generic operations rather than functions, and features anonymous classes, multiple inheritance, a strong error system, setters and locators for operations and a facility for dynamic binding. Version 1.2 includes an interface, bytecode compiler, run-time system and documentation.
- octapus — Misspelling of octopus.
- octopus — any octopod of the genus Octopus, having a soft, oval body and eight sucker-bearing arms, living mostly at the bottom of the sea.
- oedipus — a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- olympus — Mount, a mountain in NE Greece, on the boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia: mythical abode of the greater Grecian gods. 9730 feet (2966 meters).
- on spec — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- ooplasm — The cytoplasm of an egg or ovum.
- oosperm — a fertilized ovum; zygote
- oospore — a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
- opaques — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opaque.
- openbsd — (operating system) A version of BSD Unix with an emphasis on security. A lot of security work that is ported to other free operating systems originates with OpenBSD and a lot of code review is done here. Sub-projects of OpenBSD include implementations of SSH, ntpd, and CVS, to be called OpenCVS.
- openers — a person or thing that opens.
- openest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'open'.
- openvms — Virtual Memory System
- operons — Plural form of operon.
- operose — industrious, as a person.
- opiates — Plural form of opiate.
- opioids — Plural form of opioid.
- opossum — a prehensile-tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of feigning death when in danger.
- opposal — (archaic) opposition.
- opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- opposer — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- opposes — Disapprove of and attempt to prevent, esp. by argument.
- opposit — Archaic form of opposite.
- opposum — Misspelling of opossum.
- oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oppugns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oppugn.
- opsonic — of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.
- opsonin — a constituent of normal or immune blood serum that makes invading bacteria more susceptible to the destructive action of the phagocytes.
- options — Plural form of option.
- opuscle — Obsolete form of opuscule.
- oropesa — a float used in minesweeping
- orphans — Plural form of orphan.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphism — the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- orpines — Plural form of orpine.
- ospreys — Plural form of osprey.
- outpass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- outpost — a station established at a distance from the main body of an army to protect it from surprise attack: We keep only a small garrison of men at our desert outposts.
- outpush — to push out
- outputs — Plural form of output.
- outspan — to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
- outsped — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- outstep — Exceed.
- oversup — to eat or drink too much
- pachisi — a board game, originated in ancient India, in which four players advance four pieces each along a route on a cross-shaped board toward a center square by throws of cowrie shells or dice.
- pad saw — a small compass saw with a pad.
- paddies — a rice field.