7-letter words containing l, p, s
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- plumist — a person who makes ornamental plumes
- plumose — having feathers or plumes; feathered.
- plumous — having plumes or feathers
- plusses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- pluteus — the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
- podolsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- 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.
- polatsk — a city in N Belarus, on the Dvina River.
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polies' — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
- pollist — a person who advocates the use of polls
- poloist — a person who plays or is devoted to polo
- polybus — a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
- posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- prelims — preliminary.
- presale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- presell — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- presley — Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- presold — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- prestel — a videotex system in which information could be received via a telephone line and viewed on an adapted television
- proclus — a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- psyllid — jumping plant louse.
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- pulaski — a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.
- pulpous — soft and yielding
- pulsant — pulsating; vibrant
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulsion — the act of driving forward
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- pursual — the act of pursuit
- pushful — self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
- puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- pussley — purslane
- pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- pylorus — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- ralph's — a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- reflisp — (language) A small Lisp interpreter written in C++ by Bill Birch of Bull, UK. RefLisp has a built-in web server, Wiki, LISP server pages, SQL Databases, XML parser, MD5 hashing, regular expressions, reference counting and mark-sweep garbage collection. RefLisp has shallow-binding and dynamic scope with optional support for lexical scope, Common Lisp compatibility and for indefinite extent Scheme programs. RefLisp is distributed under the GPL.
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- replies — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- reposal — the act of reposing.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- respell — to spell again or anew.
- resplit — to split again
- respool — to rewind onto a spool