7-letter words containing a, c, l
- pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- pelagic — of or relating to the open seas or oceans.
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- percale — a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- phallic — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
- placage — a thin facing on a building.
- placard — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
- placing — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placket — the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- plasmic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- plectra — plectrum.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- podalic — pertaining to the feet.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- polecat — a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed. Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- pollack — a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.
- polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- rachial — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- rackful — Enough to fill a rack.
- racloir — a tool (originally of flint) used for scraping
- radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- radicel — a minute root; a rootlet.
- radicle — Botany. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- railcar — a passenger-carrying railway vehicle consisting of a single coach with its own power unit
- raploch — a coarse homespun woollen material
- raschel — a type of loosely knitted fabric
- recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- reclaim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- reclame — publicity; self-advertisement; notoriety.
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- reclass — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
- reclean — to clean (something) again or with a different substance, etc
- recusal — the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- relache — an interval or period of rest, a break from something
- relatch — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- replace — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- rescale — to revise the scale of, especially to make smaller or more modest: to rescale a budget.
- rockall — an uninhabited British island in the N Atlantic, 354 km (220 miles) W of the Outer Hebrides. Area: 0.07 ha (0.18 acres)