7-letter words containing e, l, i, p
- peloria — regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- pelting — paltry; petty; mean.
- penicil — a small, brushlike tuft of hairs, as on a caterpillar.
- pensile — hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- perilla — any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- perlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- petiole — Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- philem. — Philemon
- philter — a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- philtre — philter.
- pickled — preserved or steeped in brine or other liquid.
- piculet — any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- piddler — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
- piebald — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- piffler — someone who talks nonsense
- pigalle — Place Pigalle.
- pightle — a small enclosure; paddock
- piglike — like or reminiscent of a pig
- pilates — a system of physical conditioning involving low-impact exercises and stretches designed to strengthen muscles of the torso and often performed with specialized equipment.
- pilcher — a scabbard for a sword, or a similar outer covering
- pile on — heap
- pile up — an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.
- pile-up — an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.
- pileate — having a pileus.
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- pilfery — theft
- pillage — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- piloted — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pilsner — a pale, light lager beer.
- pingler — someone who fiddles with their food and eats little of it
- pinhole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pinnule — Zoology. a part or organ resembling a barb of a feather, a fin, or the like. a finlet.
- pinocle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pinwale — (of a fabric, especially corduroy) having very thin wales.
- pipeful — a quantity sufficient to fill the bowl of a pipe: a pipeful of tobacco.
- pipless — (of fruit) without any pips; seedless
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- plaided — made of plaid, or having a similar pattern.
- plainer — 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
- plebify — to make popular or vulgar
- pléiade — a group of seven French poets of the 16th cent. who favored the use of classical forms
- plenipo — a plenipotentiary diplomat
- plenish — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plenism — the philosophical theory that there are no vacuums in nature
- plenist — a person who adheres to the philosophical theory of plenism
- plerion — a filled-centre supernova remnant in which radiation is emitted by the centre as well as the shell
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.