7-letter words containing p, l
- pleural — Anatomy. of or relating to the pleura.
- pleuro- — of or relating to the side
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plexure — the act of weaving together or something which has been interwoven
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plinian — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- plinker — a person who shoots a handgun recreationally
- pliskie — a practical joke
- plodded — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plodder — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plonker — idiot, foolish person
- plopped — to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water: A frog plopped into the pond.
- plosion — the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def 2).
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- plotful — characterized by or full of plots
- plotted — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- plotter — a person or thing that plots.
- plottie — a hot, spiced drink
- plotzed — drunk; intoxicated.
- plovdiv — a city in S Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River.
- plovery — characterized by or having many plovers
- plow up — to remove with a plow
- plowboy — a boy who leads or guides a team drawing a plow.
- plowing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plowman — a man who plows.
- plowter — to work or play in water or mud; dabble
- ploying — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- plucked — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- plucker — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- plug in — 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.
- plug-in — 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.
- plugged — If something is plugged or plugged up, it is completely blocked so that nothing can get through it.
- plugger — a person or thing that plugs.
- plugola — payment or favor given to people in media or motion pictures for favorable mention or display of a particular product or brand name.
- plumage — the entire feathery covering of a bird.
- plumate — resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumber — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- plumbic — containing lead, especially in the tetravalent state.
- plumbum — lead2 (def 1).
- plumcot — a hybrid tree produced by crossing the apricot and the plum.
- plumery — a collection of plumes
- pluming — a feather.
- plumist — a person who makes ornamental plumes
- plummer — the drupaceous fruit of any of several trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, having an oblong stone.
- plummet — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plumose — having feathers or plumes; feathered.