6-letter words containing p, i, l
- poleis — an ancient Greek city-state.
- police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- poling — a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole.
- polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polite — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- pontil — punty.
- pool-i — One of the POOL languages.
- poplin — a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.
- populi — the voice of the people; popular opinion. Abbreviation. vox pop.
- postil — a commentary or marginal note, as in a Bible
- prelim — preliminary.
- primal — first; original; primeval: primal eras before the appearance of life on earth.
- primly — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- prolix — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- puglia — Italian name of Apulia.
- puling — whining; whimpering: a puling child.
- pulpit — a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
- pulvil — a type of perfumed powder for the hair or skin
- purlin — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- puteli — (in India) a flat-bottomed boat
- pylori — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- riflip — RFLP.
- rimple — a wrinkle.
- ripley — George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- ripple — (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
- ripply — characterized by ripples; rippling.
- simple — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simply — in a simple manner; clearly and easily.
- siplan — SIte PLANning computer language. Interactive language for space planning. "Formal Languages for Site Planning", C.I. Yessios in Spatial Synthesis for Computer-Aided Design, C. Eastman ed, Applied Science Publ 1976.
- sipple — to take small sips (of)
- siprol — Signal Processing Language. A DSP language.
- sliped — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slippy — Informal. slippery.
- spiles — a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- spilth — spillage (def 1).
- spinal — of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone.
- spinel — any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spital — a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- splice — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- spliff — a marijuana cigarette, especially a large or very potent one.
- spline — a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- splint — a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- splits — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- spoils — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- spoilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
- stipel — a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.