7-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- parboil — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- parlour — Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- parlous — perilous; dangerous.
- parolee — a person who is released from prison on parole.
- payroll — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- peloria — regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- peopler — a settler; colonizer
- pergola — an arbor formed of horizontal trelliswork supported on columns or posts, over which vines or other plants are trained.
- peroral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- phorbol — the parent alcohol, C 2 0 H 2 8 O 6 , of certain carcinogenic compounds in croton oil.
- pilcorn — a type of oat (Avena nuda) with an edible seed that can be husked easily
- pilcrow — a paragraph mark.
- pillory — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pledgor — a person who deposits personal property as a pledge.
- plerion — a filled-centre supernova remnant in which radiation is emitted by the centre as well as the shell
- pleroma — the state of total fullness or abundance, relating particularly to the nature of God
- plerome — the central column in a growing stem or root
- plessor — plexor.
- pleuro- — of or relating to the side
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plodder — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plonker — idiot, foolish person
- plotter — a person or thing that plots.
- plovery — characterized by or having many plovers
- plowter — to work or play in water or mud; dabble
- poehler — Amy, born 1971, American comedian, known primarily for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live and her role as Leslie Knope in the TV series Parks and Recreation.
- poitrel — a breastplate, specifically of horse's armour
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- polaron — a kind of electron
- policer — a computer device controlling traffic
- politer — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- pollard — a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
- pollera — a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- pollero — a smuggler of Mexican workers into the U.S.
- polymer — a compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller molecules, as polyethylene, or by the condensation of many smaller molecules with the elimination of water, alcohol, or the like, as nylon.
- popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- porlock — to interrupt or intrude at an awkward moment
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- poultry — domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- preboil — to boil (food etc) before (cooking, roasting, etc)
- precool — to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- preoral — situated in front of or before the mouth.
- presold — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- priorly — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- proball — believable; probable
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.