7-letter words containing l, p, t
- pretzel — a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- 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).
- protalk — Quintus. An object-oriented Prolog.
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptolemy — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptyalin — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
- pullout — an act or instance of pulling out; removal.
- pulsant — pulsating; vibrant
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
- replant — to plant again.
- replate — to put new plating on
- replete — abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
- reptile — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- resplit — to split again
- ripplet — a small ripple.
- saltpan — an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- shilpit — (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- silt up — If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt.
- simpl-t — The base language for a family of languages and compilers.
- skelpit — slapped
- slipout — an instance of slipping out
- spalato — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: Roman ruins.
- spathal — having a spathe
- spatial — of or relating to space.
- spatula — an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used for blending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.
- spatule — a spatula
- spatzle — spaetzle.
- spelter — zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- spilite — a type of igneous rock
- spitbol — SPeedy ImplemenTation of snoBOL. "Macro SPITBOL - A SNOBOL4 Compiler", R.B.K. Dewar et al, Soft Prac & Exp 7:95-113, 1971. Current versions: SPITBOL-68000, Sparc SPITBOL from Catspaw Inc, (719)539-3884.
- spittle — saliva; spit.
- splatch — a large splash or splatter
- split-c — Parallel extension of C for distributed memory multiprocessors. Aims to provide efficient low-level access to the underlying machine.
- splotch — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- spoleto — a city in Perugia, Italy
- spotlit — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spurtle — a stick used to stir porridge.
- stapler — a person who staples wool.
- steeple — an ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- steeply — having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
- stempel — a timber support or crossbar, often used as a step in mines
- stemple — a timber support or crossbar, often used as a step in mines
- stipple — to paint, engrave, or draw by means of dots or small touches.
- stipule — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.