7-letter words containing y, p, e
- pyrogen — a substance, as a thermostable bacterial toxin, that produces a rise in temperature in a human or animal.
- pyrrole — a colorless, toxic, liquid, five-membered ring compound, C 4 H 5 N, that is a component of chlorophyll, hemin, and many other important naturally occurring substances.
- 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
- pyxides — Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- replevy — to recover possession of by replevin.
- respray — coat again with spray paint
- ropeway — tramway (def 4).
- ryepeck — a pole used in mooring a punt
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- specify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- spicery — spice.
- spidery — like a spider or a spider's web.
- spikery — High-Church Anglicanism
- spinney — a small wood or thicket.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spleeny — abundant in or displaying spleen.
- spooney — spoony.
- sprayer — device that sprays a liquid
- sprayey — like, spattered with, or sending out spray
- spulyie — to plunder
- spurrey — spurry.
- spyhole — peephole in a door, etc.
- spyware — Computers. software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an Internet user's browsing habits, intercepts the user's personal data, etc., transmitting this information to a third party: a parent's use of spyware to monitor a child's online activities.
- steeply — having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
- stepney — a former borough of Greater London, England, now part of Tower Hamlets.
- stupefy — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subtype — a subordinate type.
- synapse — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- synapte — a litany.
- syncope — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- syntype — a type specimen other than the holotype used in the description of a species.
- sysplex — (operating system) An IBM term for communicating MVS systems. See also "Parallel Sysplex".
- tepidly — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- therapy — the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: speech therapy.
- tintype — Photography. ferrotype (def 2).
- torpefy — to make torpid
- tripery — a place where tripe is prepared or sold
- typable — capable of being typed
- type in — If you type information into a computer or type it in, you press keys on the keyboard so that the computer stores or processes the information.
- type up — If you type up a text that has been written by hand, you produce a typed copy of it.
- typebar — (on a typewriter or some computer printers) one of a series of thin metal bars containing type and actuated by the keyboard or computer signal.
- typeset — to set (textual matter) in type.
- typhose — of or relating to typhoid
- upcycle — to process (used goods or waste material) so as to produce something that is often better than the original: I upcycled a stained tablecloth into curtains.
- weepily — In a weepy manner.
- ycleped — to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- yelping — Present participle of yelp.