7-letter words containing p
- bellhop — A bellhop is a man or boy who works in a hotel, carrying bags or bringing things to the guests' rooms.
- belt up — If someone tells you to belt up, they are telling you in a very impolite way to stop talking.
- benempt — past participles of bename.
- bepaint — to dye; paint over
- bepearl — to decorate with pearls
- beprose — to reduce to prose
- bespake — simple past tense of bespeak.
- bespeak — If someone's action or behaviour bespeaks a particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience.
- bespeed — to get on with (doing something)
- bespice — to flavour with spices
- bespoke — A bespoke craftsman such as a tailor makes and sells things that are specially made for the customer who ordered them.
- besport — to amuse (oneself)
- bespout — to utter (something) pretentiously
- bethump — to thump hard
- big top — The large round tent that a circus uses for its performances is called the big top.
- bijapur — an ancient city in W India, in N Mysore: capital of a former kingdom, which fell at the end of the 17th century: cotton. Pop: 245 946 (2001)
- bimorph — an assembly of two piezoelectric crystals cemented together so that an applied voltage causes one to expand and the other to contract, converting electrical signals into mechanical energy. Conversely, bending can generate a voltage: used in loudspeakers, gramophone pick-ups, etc
- biochip — a small glass or silicon plate containing an array of biochemical molecules or structures, used as a biosensor or in gene sequencing
- biophor — (in Weismann's theory of heredity) a hypothetical particle of the ultimate form of matter
- bioplay — a play based on the life of a famous person, esp one giving a popular treatment
- biopsic — relating to the examination of living body tissue
- biotope — a small area, such as the bark of a tree, that supports its own distinctive community
- biotype — a group of genetically identical plants within a species, produced by apomixis
- biparty — involving two parties
- bipedal — having two feet
- biplane — A biplane is an old-fashioned type of aeroplane with two pairs of wings, one above the other.
- bipolar — suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder
- biprism — a prism having a highly obtuse angle to facilitate beam splitting
- bleeper — A bleeper is the same as a beeper.
- blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
- blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
- bo-peep — a game for very young children, in which one hides (esp hiding one's face in one's hands) and reappears suddenly
- boil up — If you boil up a liquid, you heat it until it boils.
- bone up — to study intensively
- book up — to make a reservation (for); book
- boot up — When you boot up a computer, you make it ready to use by putting in the instructions which it needs in order to start working.
- boottop — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
- bopping — a blow.
- boppish — in the style of bop music.
- bottrop — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Ruhr. Pop: 120 324 (2003 est)
- box top — the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.
- box-top — the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.
- boxplot — a graphical representation of numerical data consisting of a rectangular box with lines extending from each end
- bra top — an item of women's clothing that looks like a bra but is worn as outerwear
- brakpan — a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)
- breakup — The breakup of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully.
- brew up — If someone brews up or if they brew up some tea, they make tea by pouring hot water over tea leaves.
- brewpub — a pub that incorporates a brewery on its premises
- britpop — Britpop is a type of pop music made by British bands. It was especially popular in the mid-1990s.
- brushup — the act or process of reviewing a subject, technique, or the like, for the purpose of renewing the memory, skill, etc.: He gave his Spanish a brushup before his trip to Mexico.