7-letter words containing s, p
- pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- poorish — somewhat poor; rather poor.
- poppish — having musical elements similar to pop music
- popsock — a knee-length nylon sock, worn under trousers
- popster — a pop star
- porosis — a porous condition of bones
- 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.
- posadas — a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- posaune — an organ reed with a tone resembling a trombone
- poseuse — a female poseur
- poshest — sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment.
- posited — to place, put, or set.
- positif — (on older organs) a manual controlling soft stops
- positon — a proton
- possess — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- possies — a job; position.
- possy's — possie.
- post up — display: a notice, etc.
- post-it — Post-its or Post-it notes are small pieces of paper that are sticky on one side. You write a note on the other side and stick the paper onto a surface.
- postage — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- postbag — mailbag.
- postbox — a mailbox, especially one for public deposit of mail.
- postboy — (formerly) a boy or man who rode post or carried mail.
- postbus — (in Britain, esp in rural districts) a vehicle carrying the mail that also carries passengers
- postdoc — a postdoctoral award or scholar.
- posteen — an Afghan jacket made of leather and with a wool lining
- postern — a back door or gate.
- postfix — to affix at the end of something; append; suffix.
- posting — Chiefly British. a single dispatch or delivery of mail. the mail itself. the letters and packages being delivered to a single recipient. an established mail system or service, especially under government authority.
- postman — a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- postnet — an official postal service in South Africa
- posttax — existing or remaining after tax is deducted
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- potassa — potash.
- potents — a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- potsdam — a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km). Capital: Potsdam.
- potshop — a small tavern or public house
- potshot — a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
- pou sto — a place upon which to stand
- pouches — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- pousada — a government-operated inn in Portugal.
- poussin — Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
- pozsony — Hungarian name of Bratislava.
- 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.