7-letter words containing ep
- leprous — Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- lepsius — Karl Richard [kahrl rikh-ahrt] /kɑrl ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.
- leptome — plant tissue, similar to phloem, that conducts food substances in bryophytes
- leptons — Plural form of lepton.
- lesseps — Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de [fur-dn-and muh-ree,, vee-kawnt duh French, fer-dee-nahn ma-ree,, vee-kawnt duh] /ˈfɜr dnˌænd məˈri,, viˈkɔnt də French, fɛr diˈnɑ̃ maˈri,, vi kɔ̃t də/ (Show IPA), 1805–94, French engineer and diplomat: promoter of the Suez Canal.
- liepaja — a seaport in W Latvia, on the Baltic.
- meeping — Present participle of meep.
- midstep — During a step.
- miskeep — to keep or look after wrongly, badly, or carelessly
- misstep — a wrong step.
- nephele — a woman formed from a cloud by Zeus as a counterfeit of Hera, in order to deceive the lustful Ixion: mother by Ixion of the centaurs.
- nephews — Plural form of nephew.
- nephric — renal.
- nephro- — kidney or kidneys
- nephron — the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- nepotic — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- neptune — the ancient Roman god of the sea, identified with the Greek god Poseidon.
- ninepin — The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.
- notepad — a pad of blank pages for writing notes.
- outkeep — to last longer than
- outpeep — to peep out
- outstep — Exceed.
- outweep — to weep more or for a longer time than
- peepers — a person who peeps in an abnormally prying manner; a voyeur.
- peeping — to utter the short, shrill little cry of a young bird, a mouse, etc.; cheep; squeak.
- peeptoe — denoting a shoe or sandal in which the toe is not covered
- pekepoo — peekapoo.
- peppery — full of or tasting like pepper; hot; pungent.
- peptalk — to give a pep talk to (a person, group, etc.).
- peptide — a compound containing two or more amino acids in which the carboxyl group of one acid is linked to the amino group of the other.
- peptize — to disperse (a substance) into colloidal form, usually in a liquid.
- peptone — any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
- percept — the mental result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; an impression or sensation of something perceived.
- precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
- prepack — a package assembled by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer and containing a specific number of items or a specific assortment of sizes, colors, flavors, etc., of a product.
- prepaid — to pay or arrange to pay beforehand or before due: to prepay the loan.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- prepave — to plan a journey (esp spiritual) in advance
- prepend — (jargon) /pree'pend'/ (by analogy with "append") To prefix or add to the beginning.
- prepill — of the period before the contraceptive pill became available
- preplan — to plan beforehand
- prepone — to reschedule to an earlier day or time: Our Wednesday meeting has been preponed to Tuesday afternoon at 3:00.
- prepose — to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” of “put the light out” is preposed in “put out the light.”.
- prepped — preparatory school.
- preppie — a person who is a student at or a graduate of a preparatory school.
- prepreg — material that is pre-impregnated with synthetic resin for further manufacture into reinforced plastic
- prepuce — the fold of skin that covers the head of the penis; foreskin.
- prepupa — an insect in the nonfeeding, inactive stage between the larval period and the pupal period.
- recepts — an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object.