6-letter words containing p, l
- lumpen — of or relating to disfranchised and uprooted individuals or groups, especially those who have lost status: the lumpen bourgeoisie.
- lumper — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lupino — Ida, 1918–95, U.S. actress and film director, born in England.
- lupins — Plural form of lupin.
- lupoid — suffering from lupus
- lupoma — any of the tubercles occurring in lupus vulgaris.
- lupous — resembling or relating to lupus
- lyapas — (Russian acronym for "Logical Language for the Representation of Synthesis Algorithms") A language for the URAL-1 computer. It was coded in octal!
- lymph- — lympho-
- lymphs — 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.
- magilp — Alternative form of megilp.
- maples — Plural form of maple.
- megilp — a jellylike vehicle used in oil paints and usually consisting of linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish.
- mflops — 1. (unit) megaflops. 2. (benchmark) A benchmark which attemps to estimate a system's floating-point "MFLOPS" rating for specific FADD, FSUB, FMUL and FDIV instruction mixes.
- milpas — Plural form of milpa.
- molopo — a river in S Africa, flowing SW along the S Botswana-N South Africa border to the Orange River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- mpl ii — [Burroughs VMS MPL II Language Reference Manual].
- napalm — a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- naplps — North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by videotex systems.
- napoli — Italian name of Naples.
- nepali — Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- nipple — TrackPoint
- nopals — Plural form of nopal.
- offlap — the retreat of a sea from its shore.
- oilcup — a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- oopsla — Conference on Object-oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications.
- opaled — made like an opal, in terms of iridescence
- opengl — Open Graphics Library
- openly — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- ophuls — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), (Max Oppenheimer) 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.
- opilio — The snow crab Chionoecetes opilio.
- opulus — the guelder rose
- p-mail — Physical mail, as opposed to e-mail. Synonymous with snail-mail.
- pablum — (lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
- paddle — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- paella — a Spanish dish prepared by simmering together chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables, and saffron and other seasonings.
- paglia — Camille. born 1947, US writer and academic, noted for provocative cultural studies such as Sexual Personae (1990) and Vamps and Tramps (1995)
- pagnol — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1974, French playwright.
- pairle — a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- pal up — to become friends (with)
- palace — the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
- palade — George Emil, 1912–2008, U.S. biologist, born in Romania: Nobel Prize in medicine 1974.
- palais — French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- palama — the webbing on a bird's feet
- palapa — a simple, thatched-roof dwelling, usually open on the sides.
- palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- paleal — pertaining to the palea
- palely — 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.