7-letter words containing p
- asswipe — (vulgar) An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.
- atakapa — a member of an American Indian people living along the coast of Louisiana.
- atopies — Plural form of atopy.
- atrophy — If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
- atropos — the one of the three Fates who severs the thread of life
- attempt — If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
- au pair — An au pair is a young person from a foreign country who lives with a family in order to learn the language and who helps to look after the children.
- auspice — patronage or guidance (esp in the phrase under the auspices of)
- autogrp — AUTOmated GRouPing system
- autopen — a mechanical device used to produce imitation signatures
- autopod — Autopodium.
- autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
- autoput — a motorway in the former Yugoslavia
- b&b — B&B is the same as bed and breakfast.
- baaskap — (formerly in South Africa) control by White people of non-White people
- back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
- backups — Plural form of backup.
- bad rap — bum rap.
- bagpipe — of or relating to the bagpipes
- bail up — to confine (a cow) or (of a cow) to be confined by the head in a bail
- ball up — to muddle or bungle
- ballpen — Alternative form of ball pen.
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- bang-up — excellent; extraordinary.
- baptise — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptism — A baptism is a Christian ceremony in which a person is baptized. Compare christening.
- baptist — A Baptist is a Christian who believes that people should not be baptized until they are old enough to understand the meaning of baptism.
- baptize — When someone is baptized, water is put on their heads or they are covered with water as a sign that their sins have been forgiven and that they have become a member of the Christian Church. Compare christen.
- bar pin — a long, slender, decorative pin or brooch.
- bar pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bar-hop — If a person bar-hops, they go from one bar to another having drinks in each one.
- barkeep — a barkeeper
- barmpot — a foolish or deranged person
- bash up — If someone bashes you up, they attack you violently and injure you.
- bastrop — a city in N Louisiana.
- bear up — If you bear up when experiencing problems, you remain cheerful and show courage in spite of them.
- bearpaw — a clam of the genus Hippopus, having a ridged, white shell with purplish-red spots.
- beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- beclasp — to embrace
- bed pad — a pad placed under the bottom sheet of a bed
- bedlamp — a bedside light
- bedpans — Plural form of bedpan.
- bedpost — A bedpost is one of the four vertical supports at the corners of a bed with an old-fashioned wooden or iron frame.
- bedrape — to drape, adorn
- beef up — If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
- beef-up — an act or instance of strengthening or reinforcing.
- beepers — Plural form of beeper.
- beeping — a short, relatively high-pitched tone produced by a horn, electronic device, or the like as a signal, summons, or warning.
- beer-up — a drinking bout