7-letter words containing p, r, o, l, e
- 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.
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- 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.
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- profile — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proglet — /prog'let/ [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an immediate, transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely more than a dozen lines long and containing no subroutines. The largest amount of code that can be written off the top of one's head, that does not need any editing, and that runs correctly the first time (this amount varies significantly according to one's skill and the language one is using). Compare toy program, noddy, one-liner wars.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- proline — an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- proller — someone who prolls
- propale — to publish, or disclose (something)
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- prowled — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prowler — a person or animal that prowls.
- 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.
- redpoll — either of two small fringilline birds, Carduelis flammea or C. hornemanni, of northern North America and Eurasia, the adults of which have a crimson crown patch.
- reposal — the act of reposing.
- respool — to rewind onto a spool
- ropable — capable of being roped.
- spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
- spooler — someone whose job is to wind cotton or yarn onto spools
- sporule — a spore, especially a small one.