5-letter words containing p, e, l
- place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plage — a sandy bathing beach at a seashore resort.
- plane — plane tree.
- plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- plead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- pleas — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
- pleat — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plebe — Also, pleb. (at the U.S. Military and Naval academies) a member of the freshman class.
- plebs — a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- plena — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- pleo- — more
- pleon — the abdomen of a crustacean.
- plied — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- plier — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plies — a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- ploce — the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”.
- plume — a feather.
- plyer — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plzen — a city in Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic.
- poled — a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole.
- poler — a person or thing that poles.
- poley — (of cattle) hornless or polled
- polje — a large elliptical depression in karst regions, sometimes containing a marsh or small lake
- poole — a port in Dorset, in S England.
- poule — a chicken suitable for slow stewing; a stewing-hen
- pregl — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1869–1930, Austrian chemist: Nobel prize 1923.
- prole — a member of the proletariat.
- pules — to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.
- pulse — the edible seeds of certain leguminous plants, as peas, beans, or lentils.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- reply — followup
- salep — a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- scelp — to slap, smack, or strike (someone), especially on the buttocks; spank.
- sepal — one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- shlep — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- siple — Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- skelp — metal in strip form that is fed into various rolls and welded to form tubing.
- sleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slept — simple past tense and past participle of sleep.
- slipe — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slope — to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- slype — a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.
- speel — a splinter of wood
- speld — a spark or splinter
- spelk — a splinter of wood
- spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- spelt — a simple past tense and past participle of spell1 .
- spiel — a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- spile — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- tepal — one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.