7-letter words containing l, o, r
- plodder — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plonker — idiot, foolish person
- plotter — a person or thing that plots.
- plovery — characterized by or having many plovers
- plowter — to work or play in water or mud; dabble
- poehler — Amy, born 1971, American comedian, known primarily for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live and her role as Leslie Knope in the TV series Parks and Recreation.
- poitrel — a breastplate, specifically of horse's armour
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- 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.
- polaron — a kind of electron
- policer — a computer device controlling traffic
- politer — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- pollard — a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
- pollera — a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- pollero — a smuggler of Mexican workers into the U.S.
- polymer — a compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules, as polyethylene, or by the condensation of many smaller molecules with the elimination of water, alcohol, or the like, as nylon.
- popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- porlock — to interrupt or intrude at an awkward moment
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- poultry — domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- preboil — to boil (food etc) before (cooking, roasting, etc)
- precool — to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- preoral — situated in front of or before the mouth.
- presold — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- priorly — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- proball — believable; probable
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- proclus — a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- profile — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proglet — /prog'let/ [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an immediate, transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely more than a dozen lines long and containing no subroutines. The largest amount of code that can be written off the top of one's head, that does not need any editing, and that runs correctly the first time (this amount varies significantly according to one's skill and the language one is using). Compare toy program, noddy, one-liner wars.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- proline — an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- proller — someone who prolls
- prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- propale — to publish, or disclose (something)
- propyla — plural of propylon.
- protalk — Quintus. An object-oriented Prolog.
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- proudly — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prowled — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
- purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pylorus — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pyrrole — a colorless, toxic, liquid, five-membered ring compound, C 4 H 5 N, that is a component of chlorophyll, hemin, and many other important naturally occurring substances.
- r-color — the auditory quality of an r- sound given to a vowel, resulting from retroflex articulation or bunching of the tongue.
- racloir — a tool (originally of flint) used for scraping