7-letter words containing p, l
- ptyalin — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
- puberal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- publico — (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- pucelle — a maid or virgin
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- puerile — of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- pulaski — a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.
- pull in — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pull on — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pull up — the act of pulling or drawing.
- pull-in — vehicle rest stop
- pull-on — the act of pulling or drawing.
- pull-up — an exercise consisting of chinning oneself, as on a horizontal bar attached at each end to a doorpost.
- pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- pullout — an act or instance of pulling out; removal.
- pulpify — to reduce to pulp
- pulping — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulpous — soft and yielding
- pulsant — pulsating; vibrant
- pulsate — to expand and contract rhythmically, as the heart; beat; throb.
- pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulsion — the act of driving forward
- pulture — the right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging from the inhabitants of a forest for their own maintenance; provisions claimed in this way
- pummelo — pomelo.
- punalua — a marriage between the sisters of one family and the brothers of another
- purcell — Edward Mills [milz] /mɪlz/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1952.
- purfler — someone who purfles
- purlieu — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purline — a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
- purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purpled — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- purpler — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- pursual — the act of pursuit
- pushful — self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
- puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
- pussley — purslane
- pustule — Pathology. a small elevation of the skin containing pus.
- puzzled — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- puzzler — a person who puzzles.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pylorus — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- pyrrole — a colorless, toxic, liquid, five-membered ring compound, C 4 H 5 N, that is a component of chlorophyll, hemin, and many other important naturally occurring substances.
- ralph's — a male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.
- ramphal — Sir Shridath Surendranath, known as Sunni. born 1928, Guyanese diplomat and Commonwealth Secretary-General (1975–90)
- rapable — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapallo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Gulf of Genoa: treaties 1920, 1922.