7-letter words containing p, o, s, l
- slip-on — made without buttons, straps, zippers, etc., so as to be put on easily and quickly: a slip-on blouse; slip-on shoes.
- slipout — an instance of slipping out
- sloping — to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
- slopped — to spill or splash (liquid).
- slow up — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slow-up — a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.
- soliped — solidungulate.
- spalato — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: Roman ruins.
- spitbol — SPeedy ImplemenTation of snoBOL. "Macro SPITBOL - A SNOBOL4 Compiler", R.B.K. Dewar et al, Soft Prac & Exp 7:95-113, 1971. Current versions: SPITBOL-68000, Sparc SPITBOL from Catspaw Inc, (719)539-3884.
- spleno- — the spleen
- splodge — blot, splotch
- sploosh — to splash or cause to splash about uncontrollably
- splotch — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- spoiled — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
- spoleto — a city in Perugia, Italy
- spondyl — a vertebra or something like a vertebra
- sponsal — relating to marriage
- spooler — someone whose job is to wind cotton or yarn onto spools
- sporule — a spore, especially a small one.
- spotlit — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- spousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- spyhole — peephole in a door, etc.
- stopple — a stopper, especially for a bottle.
- stylops — any insect of the order Strepsiptera, including the genus Stylops, living as a parasite in other insects, esp bees and wasps: the females remain in the body of the host but the males move between hosts
- subplot — a secondary or subordinate plot, as in a play, novel, or other literary work; underplot. Compare counterplot (def 2).
- topless — lacking a top: a topless bathing suit.
- topples — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
- topsail — a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.
- topsoil — the fertile, upper part of the soil.
- unspool — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- upsilon — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- upslope — up a slope
- voluspa — an Icelandic mythological poem
- wallops — Plural form of wallop.