7-letter words containing a, p, e, l
- plumate — resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- pluteal — relating to a pluteus
- pokable — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- poleaxe — a former naval weapon with an axe blade on one side of the handle and a spike on the other
- 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).
- polenta — (especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- pollera — a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- potable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- praline — a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- prattle — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pre-law — of, relating to, or engaged in studies in preparation for the formal study of law.
- preanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- predial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- prelate — an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- premeal — of the period before a meal
- preoral — situated in front of or before the mouth.
- preplan — to plan beforehand
- presale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- propale — to publish, or disclose (something)
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- rapable — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raphael — (Raffaello Santi or Sanzio) 1483–1520, Italian painter.
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- repanel — to panel again or anew
- replace — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replant — to plant again.
- replate — to put new plating on
- replead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- reposal — the act of reposing.
- ropable — capable of being roped.
- sampler — a person who samples.
- sapless — without sap; withered; dry: sapless plants.
- scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
- scalped — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scalpel — a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
- scalper — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scapple — to shape (stone, timber, etc) into a plane in a rough or unfinished manner