7-letter words containing s, t, e, p
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plenist — a person who adheres to the philosophical theory of plenism
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- pluteus — the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
- podesta — any of certain magistrates in Italy, as a chief magistrate in medieval towns and republics.
- poetess — a woman who writes poetry.
- poetics — poetics.
- popster — a pop star
- poshest — sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment.
- posited — to place, put, or set.
- postage — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- posteen — an Afghan jacket made of leather and with a wool lining
- postern — a back door or gate.
- postnet — an official postal service in South Africa
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- 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.
- precast — to cast (a concrete block or slab, etc.) in a place other than where it is to be installed in a structure.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- presift — to sift something preliminarily
- presort — to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- prestel — a videotex system in which information could be received via a telephone line and viewed on an adapted television
- prester — (in mythology) a venomous serpent
- preston — a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- pretest — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- prevost — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1862–1941, French novelist and dramatist.
- priests — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- primest — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- prosect — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prostie — a prostitute.
- protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- proteus — Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- prowest — valiant.
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psather — (language) A parallel extension of Sather for a clustered shared memory model. It features threads synchronised by monitor objects ("gates"); locality assertions and placement operators. There is an implementation for the CM-5.
- pschent — the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- psykter — a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- punster — a person who makes puns frequently.
- 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.
- pyrites — pyrite.
- pytheas — 4th century bc, Greek navigator. He was the first Greek to visit and describe the coasts of Spain, France, and the British Isles and may have reached Iceland
- recepts — an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.
- reposit — to put back; replace.
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
- resplit — to split again
- restamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- restump — to provide (a building) with new stumps
- riposte — a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.