7-letter words containing s, p
- speckle — a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.
- specter — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spector — Phil. born 1940, US record producer and songwriter, noted for the densely orchestrated "Wall of Sound" in his work with groups such as the Ronettes and the Crystals; convicted in 2009 for the second-degree murder (2003) of actress Lana Clarkson
- spectra — a plural of spectrum.
- spectre — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- speeded — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- speeder — a person or thing that speeds.
- speedex — Early system on IBM 701. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- speedup — acceleration
- speeler — an acrobat
- speldin — a fish that has been split and dried
- spelean — of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- spelled — to take the place of for a time; relieve: Let me spell you at the wheel.
- speller — a person who spells words.
- spelter — zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- spelunk — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spemann — Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1869–1941, German zoologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1935.
- spencer — Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, 1674–1722, British statesman: prime minister 1718–21.
- spender — Stephen, 1909–96, English poet and critic.
- spenser — Edmund, c1552–99, English poet.
- spented — simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spermic — spermatic.
- spermo- — spermato-
- sphecid — belonging or pertaining to the Sphecidae, a family of solitary wasps, including the mud daubers, sand wasps, etc.
- sphenic — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheno- — having the shape of a wedge
- spheral — of or relating to a sphere.
- spheric — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- spicate — having spikes, as a plant.
- spicery — spice.
- spicier — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- spicula — a spicule.
- spicule — a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- spidery — like a spider or a spider's web.
- spiegel — a lustrous, crystalline pig iron containing a large amount of manganese, sometimes 15 percent or more, used in making steel.
- spieler — a barker, as at a circus sideshow.
- spiff's — a bonus or other form of remuneration given to retail salespeople for promoting the products of a particular manufacturer.
- spiffed — to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
- spiffs' — a bonus or other form of remuneration given to retail salespeople for promoting the products of a particular manufacturer.
- spignel — a European umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum, of mountain regions, having white flowers and finely divided aromatic leaves
- spikery — High-Church Anglicanism
- spiling — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilite — a type of igneous rock
- spimmer — a person who sends unsolicited commercial communications via an instant-messaging system
- spinach — a plant, Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves.
- spinate — having thorns or a spine
- spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- spinner — a person or thing that spins.