7-letter words containing l, p, t
- philtre — philter.
- piculet — any of numerous small, tropical woodpeckers, chiefly of the genus Picumnus, that lack stiffened shafts in the tail feathers.
- pightle — a small enclosure; paddock
- pigtail — a braid of hair hanging down the back of the head.
- 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).
- pileate — having a pileus.
- pilinut — type of nut found in the Philippines
- piloted — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pilotis — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- pinitol — a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 1 4 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.
- pintail — a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- pitfall — a lightly covered and unnoticeable pit prepared as a trap for people or animals.
- pithful — full of pith; pithy; succinct
- pithily — brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
- pitiful — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
- pivotal — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placket — the opening or slit at the top of a skirt, or in a dress or blouse, that facilitates putting it on and taking it off.
- plaited — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plaiter — a person who plaits something such as wool, hair, or threads
- planate — having a plane or flat surface.
- plantae — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- plantar — of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- planter — a person who plants.
- plantin — Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- planxty — a lively Celtic melody, chiefly for the harp
- plashet — a small, marshy pond
- 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.
- plataea — an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 b.c.
- plateau — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platina — a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- plating — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platini — Michel. born 1955, French footballer, manager, and administrator; scored 41 goals in 72 games for France (1976–87); European Footballer of the Year (1983–85); president of UEFA (2007–2015)
- platoon — a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- platted — a plait or braid.
- platter — a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- platypi — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plautus — Titus Maccius [tahy-tuh s mak-see-uh s] /ˈtaɪ təs ˈmæk si əs/ (Show IPA), c254–c184 b.c, Roman dramatist.
- play at — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play it — to act in a (specified) manner
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- playlet — a short play.
- pleated — fabric: in folds
- pleater — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plectra — plectrum.