7-letter words containing u, p, s, i
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piss-up — If a group of people have a piss-up, they drink a lot of alcohol.
- pitatus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 50 miles (80 km) in diameter.
- piteous — evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- pius ii — (Enea Silvio de Piccolomini) 1405–64, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1458–64.
- pius iv — (Giovanni Angelo Medici) 1499–1565, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1559–65.
- pius ix — (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) 1792–1878, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1846–78.
- pius vi — (Giovanni Angelo or Giannangelo, Braschi) 1717–99, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1775–99.
- pius xi — (Achille Ratti) 1857–1939, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1922–39.
- plumist — a person who makes ornamental plumes
- poussin — Nicolas [nee-kaw-lah] /ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1594–1655, French painter.
- priapus — Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
- prudish — excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- prussia — a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic Sea and Poland: developed as the chief military power of the Continent, leading the North German Confederation from 1867–71, when the German Empire was established; dissolved in 1947 and divided between East and West Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. Area: (in 1939) 294 081 sq km (113 545 sq miles)
- prussic — of or derived from prussic acid.
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- puckish — mischievous; impish.
- pulaski — a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.
- pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulsion — the act of driving forward
- pupfish — any of several tiny, stout killifishes of the genus Cyprinodon, inhabiting marshy waters in arid areas of western North America: several species are endangered.
- puppies — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- pursing — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- push in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
- push-in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- rise up — move upwards
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- skin up — to roll (a cannabis cigarette)
- 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
- 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.
- spicula — a spicule.