5-letter words containing p, l
- loped — to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person.
- loper — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- lopes — Plural form of lope.
- lopez — Osvaldo [aws-vahl-daw] /ɔsˈvɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Osvaldo López Arellano) 1921–2010, Honduran air force general: president of Honduras 1963–75.
- loppy — Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.
- loupe — any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
- loups — Plural form of loup.
- lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- lumpy — full of lumps: lumpy gravy.
- lupin — The common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
- lupus — lupus vulgaris.
- lymph — Anatomy, Physiology. a clear yellowish, slightly alkaline, coagulable fluid, containing white blood cells in a liquid resembling blood plasma, that is derived from the tissues of the body and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels.
- maple — any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap. Compare maple family.
- milpa — (in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
- mlisp — 1. M-expression LISP. 2. Meta-LISP. D.C. Smith & H. Enea. LISP variant with ALGOL-like syntax. Not just a surface syntax, a full language. "MLISP", D.C. Smith, TR CS-179, CS Dept, Stanford (Oct 1970). Version: MLISP2. 3. A hybrid of M-expression LISP and Scheme. "M-LISP: Its Natural Semantics and Equational Logic", R. Muller, SIGPLAN Notices 26(9):234-242 (Sept 1991) (PEPM '91).
- mphil — degree: Master of Philosophy
- nepal — a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- nopal — any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea, resembling the prickly pear.
- nuprl — /nyu p*rl/ Nearly Ultimate PRL. A system for interactive creation of formal mathematics, including definitions and proofs. It has an extremely rich type system, including dependent functions, products, sets, quotients and universes. Types are first-class citizens. It is built on Franz Lisp and Edinburgh ML.
- olpes — Plural form of olpe.
- onlap — the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
- opals — Plural form of opal.
- opole — a city in Upper Silesia, SW Poland, on the Oder River.
- orlop — the lowermost of four or more decks above the space at the bottom of a hull.
- oxlip — a Eurasian primrose, Primula elatior, having clusters of small yellow flowers on a long stem.
- pablo — a male given name, Spanish form of Paul.
- palas — an East Indian tree
- palau — country consisting of a group of islands in the W Pacific Ocean: formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the island group became an independent republic in 1994: 630 sq mi (1,632 sq km); pop. 15,000; cap. Koror
- palay — a widely cultivated tropical vine
- pale- — paleo-
- palea — a chafflike scale or bract.
- paled — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- paler — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pales — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- paley — Grace, 1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
- palki — a palanquin; sedan chair.
- palla — a voluminous square of cloth draped around the body as a mantle or wrap, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- palls — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- pally — friendly; comradely: old friends being pally at a class reunion.
- palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- palme — (Sven) Olof (Joachim) [sven oo-lawf yoo-ah-kim] /svɛn ˈu lɔf ˈyu ɑ kɪm/ (Show IPA), 1927–86, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1969–76, 1982–86; assassinated.
- palmy — glorious, prosperous, or flourishing: the palmy days of yesteryear.
- palos — a seaport in SW Spain: starting point of Columbus's first voyage westward.
- palpi — plural of palpus.
- palsa — a mound of earth pushed up by or formed near the edge of a glacier, found in alpine and arctic areas.
- palsy — any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- panel — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- paoli — Pasquale di, 1725–1807, Corsican military leader, statesman, and patriot.
- paolo — an obsolete Italian silver coin
- papal — of or relating to the pope or the papacy: a papal visit to Canada.