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7-letter words containing p, l

  • outpoll — to win more votes than
  • outpull — to exceed in ability to attract an audience, attention, etc.; outdraw: a film that is outpulling every other movie in town.
  • outyelp — to outdo in yelping
  • overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • overply — to ply too much
  • oxyphil — a type of cell present in glands
  • p value — (statistics)   The probability that the opposite of some hypothesis is true, based on some set of results; a way of expressing the significance of a statistical observation. The lower the P value, the more significant the result. For example, if the hypothesis was "This vaccine prevents flu" then the opposite hypothesis (the "null hypothesis") would be "This vaccine has no effect on flu". If the occurence of flu was measured in a sample of people taking the vaccine then one might say that the hypothesis was confirmed with a p value of 5%. That would mean there was a 5% chance of obtaining the same results or better from a similar sample of the whole population even if the vaccine had no effect.
  • pabular — relating to pabulum
  • pabulum — something that nourishes an animal or vegetable organism; food; nutriment.
  • pacable — easily appeased
  • paddler — 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.
  • padella — a type of candle
  • padlock — a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.
  • paenula — a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
  • pageful — the amount (of text, etc) that a page will hold
  • pagelet — (web)   A component of an HTML page, that contains directives, layout, and code in a single context. A pagelet may be a separate file or web page that contains information you want displayed across several pages. They are similar to server-side include files, as implemented in ASP+. Pagelets act like independent HTML frames and provide discrete access to content. They use Cascading Style Sheets as templates for defining their layout behavior in a single context.
  • paginal — of or relating to pages.
  • pahlavi — the Indo-European, Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to the 10th centuries.
  • pai-loo — (in Chinese architecture) a decorative or monumental gateway having a trabeated form with three compartments, the central one higher than the others.
  • pailful — a quantity sufficient to fill a pail: a pailful of water.
  • pailisp — (language)   A parallel Lisp built on Scheme in 1986.
  • paillon — a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.
  • painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
  • paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
  • palabra — a word.
  • palaced — having palaces
  • paladin — any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
  • palaeo- — old, ancient, or prehistoric
  • palatal — Anatomy. of or relating to the palate.
  • palatia — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
  • palatka — a city in NE Florida.
  • palaver — a conference or discussion.
  • palawan — an island in the W Philippines. 5697 sq. mi. (14,755 sq. km).
  • palazzo — an impressive public building or private residence; palace.
  • paleate — having scales
  • palermo — an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
  • paletot — any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
  • palette — colour palette
  • palfrey — a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse.
  • palikar — a Greek militiaman in the Greek war for independence against the Turks 1821–28.
  • palikir — the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia, on the island of Pohnpei.
  • palinka — a type of apricot brandy, originating in Central and Eastern Europe
  • palissy — Bernard [ber-nar] /bɛrˈnar/ (Show IPA), c1510–89, French potter, enameler, and author.
  • pallial — of or relating to the mantle of a mollusk.
  • palling — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
  • pallium — a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
  • pallone — an Italian ball game
  • palmary — having or deserving to have the palm of victory or success; praiseworthy: a palmary achievement.
  • palmate — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
  • palmful — an amount that can be held in the palm of a hand
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