6-letter words containing l, a, p, e
- perlea — Jonel [zhoh-nel] /ˈʒoʊ nɛl/ (Show IPA), 1900–70, U.S. conductor and composer, born in Romania.
- phiale — a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- philae — an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- pineal — resembling a pine cone in shape.
- placed — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placer — a person who sets things in their place or arranges them.
- places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placet — (especially in a church or university assembly) an expression or vote of dissent or disapproval.
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- plaice — a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- planed — 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.
- planer — Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plante — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- plated — coated with a thin film of gold, silver, etc., as for ornamental purposes.
- platen — a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plater — a person or thing that plates.
- platte — a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
- playte — (data, jargon) /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with byte. Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner, crumb.
- pleach — to interweave (branches, vines, etc.), as for a hedge or arbor.
- please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleiad — any of the Pleiades.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plexal — of or relating to a plexus.
- plicae — Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- poleax — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- potale — residue from a grain distillery, used as animal feed
- prawle — a brawl
- preval — René García [ruh-ney gahr-see-uh] /rəˈneɪ gɑrˈsi ə/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Haitian politician: prime minister 1991–95, president 1996–2001, 2006–11.
- puebla — a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- puteal — an enclosure around a well
- rappel — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- repeal — to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
- replan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- replay — to play again, as a record or tape.
- sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- sapele — Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
- sapple — soap bubbles
- sepals — one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- septal — of or relating to a septum.
- splake — the hybrid offspring of a lake trout and a brook trout.
- staple — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- uplead — to lead upwards
- uplean — to lean on something
- upleap — to jump or leap upwards