7-letter words containing l, e, a, p
- legaspi — a seaport on SE Luzon, in the Philippines.
- lempira — a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- lepanto — Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- leppard — Raymond. born 1927, British conductor and musicologist, in the US from 1977: noted esp for his revivals of early opera
- leproma — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- liepaja — a seaport in W Latvia, on the Baltic.
- lipases — Plural form of lipase.
- lipemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of lipoic acid.
- lipread — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- maniple — (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- mapless — Without a map or maps.
- maplike — Having the characteristics of a map.
- maypole — a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
- napless — the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- netplay — (video games) Multiplayer gameplay over a network.
- nopales — (plurale tantum) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
- noplace — nowhere.
- oedipal — of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
- omphale — a queen of Lydia, whom Hercules was required to serve as a slave to atone for the murder of Iphitus
- opaleye — a green game fish, Girella nigricans, common off rocky shores from California southward, having opalescent blue eyes.
- 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.
- outleap — to leap ahead of or over.
- overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- p value — (statistics) The probability that the opposite of some hypothesis is true, based on some set of results; a way of expressing the significance of a statistical observation. The lower the P value, the more significant the result. For example, if the hypothesis was "This vaccine prevents flu" then the opposite hypothesis (the "null hypothesis") would be "This vaccine has no effect on flu". If the occurence of flu was measured in a sample of people taking the vaccine then one might say that the hypothesis was confirmed with a p value of 5%. That would mean there was a 5% chance of obtaining the same results or better from a similar sample of the whole population even if the vaccine had no effect.
- pacable — easily appeased
- paddler — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- padella — a type of candle
- paenula — a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
- pageful — the amount (of text, etc) that a page will hold
- pagelet — (web) A component of an HTML page, that contains directives, layout, and code in a single context. A pagelet may be a separate file or web page that contains information you want displayed across several pages. They are similar to server-side include files, as implemented in ASP+. Pagelets act like independent HTML frames and provide discrete access to content. They use Cascading Style Sheets as templates for defining their layout behavior in a single context.
- paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- palaced — having palaces
- palaeo- — old, ancient, or prehistoric
- palaver — a conference or discussion.
- paleate — having scales
- palermo — an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
- paletot — any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- palette — colour palette
- palfrey — a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse.
- pallone — an Italian ball game
- palmate — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmiet — a South African rush
- palouse — a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- palpate — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- palsied — paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles.