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7-letter words containing a, p, l, i

  • malpais — Southwestern U.S. an extensive area of rough, barren lava flows.
  • maniple — (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
  • maplike — Having the characteristics of a map.
  • marlpit — (dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
  • misplan — (transitive) To plan badly or incorrectly.
  • misplay — a wrong or bad play.
  • nail up — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
  • naipaul — V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) born 1932, English novelist and nonfiction writer, born in Trinidad.
  • nauplii — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
  • nuptial — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
  • oaklisp — (language)   A portable object-oriented Scheme by K. Lang and Barak Perlmutter of Yale. Oaklisp uses a superset of Scheme syntax. It is based on generic operations rather than functions, and features anonymous classes, multiple inheritance, a strong error system, setters and locators for operations and a facility for dynamic binding. Version 1.2 includes an interface, bytecode compiler, run-time system and documentation.
  • oedipal — of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
  • oil pan — the bottom part of the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine in which the oil used to lubricate the engine accumulates.
  • oilcamp — a camp for oil workers
  • olympia — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • opaline — of or like opal; opalescent.
  • opalize — To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
  • opelika — a city in E Alabama.
  • ophelia — a female given name.
  • optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
  • optimal — Best or most favorable; optimum.
  • paginal — of or relating to pages.
  • pahlavi — the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to the 10th centuries.
  • pai-loo — (in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
  • pailful — a quantity sufficient to fill a pail: a pailful of water.
  • pailisp — (language)   A parallel Lisp built on Scheme in 1986.
  • paillon — a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.
  • painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
  • paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
  • paladin — any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
  • palatia — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
  • palikar — a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.
  • palikir — the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia, on the island of Pohnpei.
  • palinka — a type of apricot brandy, originating in Central and Eastern Europe
  • palissy — Bernard [ber-nar] /bɛrˈnar/ (Show IPA), c1510–89, French potter, enameler, and author.
  • pallial — of or relating to the mantle of a mollusk.
  • palling — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
  • pallium — a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
  • palmiet — a South African rush
  • palming — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
  • palmira — a city in W Colombia.
  • palship — friendship
  • palsied — paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles.
  • pan lid — the lid of a pan such as a saucepan
  • panicle — a compound raceme.
  • paniolo — a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
  • pantile — a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
  • papilio — a butterfly or moth
  • papilla — any small, nipplelike process or projection.
  • parboil — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
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