7-letter words containing o, i, l, p
- pinocle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- piously — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- pivotal — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- plagio- — slanting, inclining, or oblique
- plenipo — a plenipotentiary diplomat
- plerion — a filled-centre supernova remnant in which radiation is emitted by the centre as well as the shell
- 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).
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- plottie — a hot, spiced drink
- plovdiv — a city in S Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River.
- plowing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ploying — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- pockily — in a pocky manner
- podalic — pertaining to the feet.
- podlike — resembling a pod
- pointal — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointel — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- poitrel — a breastplate, specifically of horse's armour
- 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.
- polemic — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policer — a computer device controlling traffic
- 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.
- politer — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- politic — shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic.
- polling — poll
- pollist — a person who advocates the use of polls
- poloist — a person who plays or is devoted to polo
- polonia — the Polish-American community in a given place outside Poland
- pontile — a metal bar used in glass-making
- pooling — Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
- potboil — to create potboilers.
- potlike — resembling a pot, shaped like a pot
- potline — a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- pouilly — a village in central France: known for its wines.
- preboil — to boil (food etc) before (cooking, roasting, etc)
- priorly — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- profile — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proline — an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- pulsion — the act of driving forward
- purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- roupily — in a roupy manner
- simplon — a mountain pass in S Switzerland, in the Lepontine Alps: crossed by a carriage road constructed 1800–06 on Napoleon's orders. 6592 feet (2010 meters) high.
- slip-on — made without buttons, straps, zippers, etc., so as to be put on easily and quickly: a slip-on blouse; slip-on shoes.
- slipout — an instance of slipping out