6-letter words containing p, l, i
- pillar — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- pilled — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- pillie — a pilchard
- pillow — a bag or case made of cloth that is filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, and is used to cushion the head during sleep or rest.
- pilons — something extra; lagniappe.
- pilose — covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- piloti — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- pilous — pilose.
- pilpul — a method of disputation among rabbinical scholars regarding the interpretation of Talmudic rules and principles or Scripture that involves the development of careful and often excessively subtle distinctions.
- pilsen — German name of Plzeň.
- pilula — pill
- pilule — a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- pimola — an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- pimple — a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
- pimply — having many pimples.
- pinbol — (language, games) A decision table language for controlling pinball machines used at Atari. PINBOL included a multitasking executive and an interpreter that worked on data structures compiled from condition:action lists.
- pineal — resembling a pine cone in shape.
- pingle — to pick at or fiddle with (one's food)
- pinkly — with a pink or blushing complexion or colour
- pinnal — Botany. one of the primary divisions of a pinnate leaf.
- pinole — a town in W California.
- pintle — a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- piolet — an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pistil — the ovule-bearing or seed-bearing female organ of a flower, consisting when complete of ovary, style, and stigma.
- pistol — a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- pizzle — the penis of an animal, especially a bull.
- pklite — (compression, tool) An executable file compression utility for MS-DOS from PKWARE, Inc.. PKLITE compresses the body of the executable and adds a small, fast decompress routine in the header. In many cases it performs better than lzexe. With headpack the output is smaller and cannot be decompressed.
- placid — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plagi- — plagio-
- plaice — a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- plains — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plaint — a complaint.
- plani- — plane, level, flat
- planit — Programming LANguage for Interaction and Teaching. CAI language. "PLANIT - A Flexible Language Designed for Computer-Human Interaction", S.L. Feingold, Proc FJCC 31, AFIPS (Fall 1967) Sammet 1969, p.706.
- pleiad — any of the Pleiades.
- pleio- — pleo-
- pliant — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicae — Zoology, Anatomy. a fold or folding.
- pliers — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plight — Archaic. pledge.
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plinth — a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier.
- plisky — a mischievous trick; practical joke; prank.
- plisse — a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- ploidy — the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- plugin — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- pluri- — denoting several
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- podial — relating to a podium or foot
- polari — 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.