7-letter words containing p, a, l, c
- pascal- — Pascal subset used in Brinch Hansen on Pascal Compilers, P. Brinch Hansen, P-H 1985.
- paschal — of or relating to Easter.
- pascual — of or relating to pasture
- pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- pelagic — of or relating to the open seas or oceans.
- pelican — any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
- percale — a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- phallic — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
- placage — a thin facing on a building.
- placard — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
- placing — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- 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.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- plasmic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- 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.
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- plectra — plectrum.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- podalic — pertaining to the feet.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- polecat — a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed. Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- pollack — a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.
- polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- raploch — a coarse homespun woollen material
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- replace — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- scaleup — an increase in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaleup of an engineering design; a scaleup program of energy conservation.
- scallop — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scalped — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scalpel — a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
- scalper — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scapple — to shape (stone, timber, etc) into a plane in a rough or unfinished manner
- scapula — Anatomy. either of two flat, triangular bones, each forming the back part of a shoulder in humans; shoulder blade.
- scopula — a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- spacial — of or relating to space.
- spackle — a hole-filling compound
- spancel — a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, especially a horse or cow.
- special — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specula — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- spicula — a spicule.
- splatch — a large splash or splatter