7-letter words containing l, p, s
- pelisse — an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- pelotas — a city in S Brazil.
- peltast — (in ancient Greece) a lightly armed foot soldier
- pelters — strong criticism or verbal abuse
- pensile — hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- peoples — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- persalt — (in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- phallus — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
- phaseal — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- philips — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- phillis — a feminine name
- philos. — philosopher
- phlomis — a plant that belongs to the genus Phlomis and family Labiatae or Lamiaceae
- phrasal — of, consisting of, or of the nature of a phrase or phrases: phrasal construction.
- phyllis — a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
- 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.
- pilatus — a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6998 feet (2130 meters).
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- pilings — a mass of building piles considered collectively.
- pilotis — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- pilsner — a pale, light lager beer.
- piously — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pipless — (of fruit) without any pips; seedless
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plashet — a small, marshy pond
- 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.
- plasmo- — of, relating to, or resembling plasma
- plasmon — the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- 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.
- plautus — Titus Maccius [tahy-tuh s mak-see-uh s] /ˈtaɪ təs ˈmæk si əs/ (Show IPA), c254–c184 b.c, Roman dramatist.
- playbus — a mobile playground
- pleased — (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?
- pleaser — (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?
- pleases — (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?
- 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
- plessor — plexor.
- pliskie — a practical joke
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plosion — the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def 2).