7-letter words containing s, p
- seedpod — a seed vessel or dehiscent fruit that splits when ripe.
- seepage — the act or process of seeping; leakage.
- seeping — to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance: Water seeps through cracks in the wall.
- 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.
- semiped — half a poetic foot; a half-measure in poetic metre
- semipro — semiprofessional
- sempach — a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.
- 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.
- senopia — the improvement of near-sight often accompanying old age due to nuclear sclerosis
- sephora — Zipporah.
- seppuku — hara-kiri (def 1).
- septage — the waste or sewage in a septic tank.
- septate — divided by a septum or septa.
- septime — the seventh of eight defensive positions.
- serapis — Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires.
- sergipe — a state in NE Brazil. 8490 sq. mi. (21,990 sq. km). Capital: Aracajú.
- seropus — a liquid consisting of mingled serum and pus
- serpens — a faint extensive constellation situated in the N and S equatorial regions and divided into two parts, Serpens Caput (the head) lying between Ophiuchus and Boötes and Serpens Cauda (the tail) between Ophiuchus and Aquila
- serpent — a snake.
- serpigo — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- 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
- set-top — denoting a device designed to sit atop a television and serve as a link to interactive communications systems: set-top boxes that allow viewers to order movies on demand.
- sexpert — a person who professes a knowledge of sexual matters
- shackup — an instance of shacking up: The census people counted both marriages and shackups.
- shakeup — A shakeup is a major set of changes in an organization or a system.
- shallop — any of various vessels formerly used for sailing or rowing in shallow waters, especially a two-masted, gaff-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries.
- shampoo — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapeup — a system of hiring dock workers using a union hiring boss who selects the day's crew from a gathering of available workers
- shaping — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- sharped — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sharpen — knife: make sharper
- sharper — something sharp.
- sharpie — sharper.
- sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shed up — to store (hay) in a shed
- sheeple — people who tend to follow the majority in matters of opinion, taste, etc
- shepard — Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.
- shilpit — (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- shin up — If you shin up a tree or a pole, you climb it quickly and easily, using your hands and legs to grip it.
- shipboy — ship's boy.
- shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
- shiplap — an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- shipman — a sailor.
- shipped — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
- shippen — a cowshed