7-letter words containing s, u, p
- show up — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- shut up — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- sign up — a token; indication.
- sign-up — an act or instance of signing up.
- signups — an act or instance of signing up.
- silt up — If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt.
- sit-ups — abdominal exercise
- size up — the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
- size-up — an appraisal or estimation, especially as the result of sizing up: asking for a size-up of the new office equipment.
- skepful — skep (def 2).
- skin up — to roll (a cannabis cigarette)
- slap-up — excellent; first-rate: a slap-up do.
- slip up — an act or instance of slipping.
- slip-up — a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.
- slipout — an instance of slipping out
- slow up — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slow-up — a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.
- slumped — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- slurper — a person who slurps his or her food or drink
- smashup — vehicle collision
- snap up — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- soak up — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- soup up — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- soupcon — a slight trace, as of a particular taste or flavor.
- soupfin — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- soursop — the large, dark-green, slightly acid, pulpy fruit of a small West Indian tree, Annona muricata, of the annona family.
- spandau — a district of Berlin, in E Germany: site of prison for Nazi war criminals.
- spatula — an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used for blending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.
- spatule — a spatula
- specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- speedup — acceleration
- spelunk — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- spicula — a spicule.
- spicule — a small or minute, slender, sharp-pointed body or part; a small, needlelike crystal, process, or the like.
- spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spinout — a spinning slide or skid by a motor vehicle that is out of control
- spinule — a small spine.
- spirula — any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- spit up — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- splurge — to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one: They splurged on a trip to Europe.
- splurgy — ostentatious
- spodium — a fine black powder formed by calcination
- sporule — a spore, especially a small one.
- spousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- spouted — fitted with a spout: a spouted pitcher.
- spouter — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- sprague — Frank Julian, 1857–1934, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor.
- sprouts — newly grown shoots or buds
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spudded — Informal. a potato.