7-letter words containing a, p, l, i
- plainly — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plaited — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plaiter — a person who plaits something such as wool, hair, or threads
- planing — Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- plantin — Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- plasmic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- plasmid — a segment of DNA independent of the chromosomes and capable of replication, occurring in bacteria and yeast: used in recombinant DNA procedures to transfer genetic material from one cell to another.
- plasmin — fibrinolysin.
- 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.
- plastid — a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- platina — a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- plating — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platini — Michel. born 1955, French footballer, manager, and administrator; scored 41 goals in 72 games for France (1976–87); European Footballer of the Year (1983–85); president of UEFA (2007–2015)
- platypi — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- play it — to act in a (specified) manner
- playing — the act of taking part in a game or sport
- pléiade — a group of seven French poets of the 16th cent. who favored the use of classical forms
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plinian — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- pluvial — of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy.
- pluvian — a crocodile bird
- podalic — pertaining to the feet.
- pointal — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- polonia — the Polish-American community in a given place outside Poland
- praline — a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- predial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- primula — primrose (def 1).
- ptyalin — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
- pulaski — a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- salpinx — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- sapling — a young tree.
- shiplap — an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- slipway — (in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.
- spacial — of or relating to space.
- spaniel — one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- spatial — of or relating to space.
- special — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- spicula — a spicule.
- spirula — any cephalopod of the genus Spirula, having a flat, spiral shell that is partly inside and partly outside the posterior part of the body.
- suiplap — a drunkard
- taliped — (of a foot) twisted or distorted out of shape or position.