7-letter words containing u, p, s, i
- 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.
- spodium — a fine black powder formed by calcination
- spruing — Metallurgy. an opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold. the waste metal left in this opening after casting.
- spulyie — to plunder
- spumoni — an Italian style of ice cream of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts.
- spunkie — a will-o'-the-wisp.
- spuriae — the feathers on the bastard wing of a bird
- sputnik — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- stickup — a holdup; robbery.
- stipule — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- stirrup — a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- stupids — Term used by samurai for the suits who employ them. Succinctly expresses an attitude at least as common, though usually better disguised, among other subcultures of hackers. There may be intended reference here to an SF story originally published in 1952 but much anthologised since, Mark Clifton's "Star, Bright". In it, a super-genius child classifies humans into a very few "Brights" like herself, a huge majority of "Stupids", and a minority of "Tweens", the merely ordinary geniuses.
- suiplap — a drunkard
- suit up — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- suspire — to sigh.
- unspied — unnoticed
- unspilt — not spilled
- unsplit — not split
- unstrip — to strip
- uphoist — to raise or hoist upwards
- upraise — to raise up; lift or elevate.
- uprisal — a rising up
- upshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a higher gear.
- upsides — the upper side or part.
- upsilon — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- upskill — to improve the aptitude for work of (a person) by additional training
- upskirt — indicating a photograph taken, usually surreptitiously, of a woman sitting or standing with her legs open in such a way that her underwear is exposed
- upstair — up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
- upswing — an upward swing or swinging movement, as of a pendulum.
- utopism — utopianism.
- utopist — utopianism.
- wikiups — Plural form of wikiup.
- windups — Plural form of windup.
- wise up — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- yumpies — a young, well-educated person who has a professional career and aspires to a higher social and economic status; yuppie.
- yuppies — Plural form of yuppie.