7-letter words containing n, p, l
- planing — Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
- planner — a person who plans.
- 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.
- planula — the ciliate, free-swimming larva of a coelenterate.
- planxty — a lively Celtic melody, chiefly for the harp
- plasmin — fibrinolysin.
- plasmon — the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
- 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.
- play on — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playing — the act of taking part in a game or sport
- playpen — a small enclosure, usually portable, in which a young child can play safely alone without constant supervision.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- plenipo — a plenipotentiary diplomat
- 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
- pleonal — relating to the abdomen of a crustacean
- plerion — a filled-centre supernova remnant in which radiation is emitted by the centre as well as the shell
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plinian — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- plinker — a person who shoots a handgun recreationally
- plonker — idiot, foolish person
- 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).
- plowing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plowman — a man who plows.
- ploying — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- plug in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- plug-in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- pluming — a feather.
- plumpen — to make or become plump
- plunder — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- plunged — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- plunger — Machinery. a pistonlike reciprocating part moving within the cylinder of a pump or hydraulic device.
- plunker — a person or thing that plunks.
- plunket — Saint Oliver. 1629–81, Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr; wrongly executed as a supposed conspirator in the Popish Plot (1678). Feast day: July 11
- pluvian — a crocodile bird
- poblano — a dark-green, mild or slightly pungent chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- pointal — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointel — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- polaron — a kind of electron
- polenta — (especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.