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7-letter words containing s, u, p

  • push-up — an exercise in which a person, keeping a prone position with the hands palms down under the shoulders, the balls of the feet on the ground, and the back straight, pushes the body up and lets it down by an alternate straightening and bending of the arms.
  • pushful — self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
  • pushing — that pushes.
  • pushkin — Alexander Sergeevich [al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
  • pushout — throwaway (def 5).
  • pushpin — a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
  • pushpit — a safety rail at the stern of a boat
  • pushrod — a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
  • pushtos — Pashto.
  • puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
  • pussies — Informal. a cat, especially a kitten.
  • pussley — purslane
  • pussy's — Informal. a cat, especially a kitten.
  • 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.
  • pylorus — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
  • pyrrhus — c318–272 b.c, king of Epirus c300–272.
  • repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
  • restump — to provide (a building) with new stumps
  • rise up — move upwards
  • sapajou — a capuchin monkey.
  • sapulpa — a city in E central Oklahoma.
  • sarapul — a city in the SE Udmurt Autonomous Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Izhevsk, on the Kama River.
  • save up — put money aside
  • scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
  • scapula — Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
  • scauper — a graver with a flattened or hollowed blade, used in engraving.
  • schlump — a dull, colorless person.
  • scopula — a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
  • screwup — a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
  • scrumpy — strong English cider
  • scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
  • sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
  • scupper — Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. Compare freeing port.
  • scyphus — a cup-shaped part, as of a flower.
  • seal up — make water- or air-tight
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • seppuku — hara-kiri (def 1).
  • seropus — a liquid consisting of mingled serum and pus
  • 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
  • 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.
  • shapeup — a system of hiring dock workers using a union hiring boss who selects the day's crew from a gathering of available workers
  • shed up — to store (hay) in a shed
  • 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.
  • shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
  • shopful — the contents of a shop.
  • shot up — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
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