7-letter words containing p, l, e, r
- pretzel — a crisp, dry biscuit, usually in the form of a knot or stick, salted on the outside.
- prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- preyful — predatory
- prickle — a sharp point.
- primely — excellently.
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- profile — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proglet — /prog'let/ [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an immediate, transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely more than a dozen lines long and containing no subroutines. The largest amount of code that can be written off the top of one's head, that does not need any editing, and that runs correctly the first time (this amount varies significantly according to one's skill and the language one is using). Compare toy program, noddy, one-liner wars.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- proline — an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- proller — someone who prolls
- propale — to publish, or disclose (something)
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- prowled — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
- psalter — the Biblical book of Psalms.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- puerile — of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- purfler — someone who purfles
- purlieu — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purline — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purpled — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purpler — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- puzzler — a person who puzzles.
- pyrrole — a colorless, toxic, liquid, five-membered ring compound, C 4 H 5 N, that is a component of chlorophyll, hemin, and many other important naturally occurring substances.
- rapable — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raphael — (Raffaello Santi or Sanzio) 1483–1520, Italian painter.
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- reclasp — to clasp (something) again or (of two things) to clasp together again
- redpoll — either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.
- reflisp — (language) A small Lisp interpreter written in C++ by Bill Birch of Bull, UK. RefLisp has a built-in web server, Wiki, LISP server pages, SQL Databases, XML parser, MD5 hashing, regular expressions, reference counting and mark-sweep garbage collection. RefLisp has shallow-binding and dynamic scope with optional support for lexical scope, Common Lisp compatibility and for indefinite extent Scheme programs. RefLisp is distributed under the GPL.
- relapse — to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- repanel — to panel again or anew
- replace — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replant — to plant again.
- replate — to put new plating on
- replead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- replete — abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
- replevy — to recover possession of by replevin.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- replied — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- replies — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- replumb — to replace the plumbing of (a house, building, etc)
- reposal — the act of reposing.
- reptile — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- respell — to spell again or anew.