7-letter words containing p, t, o, l
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- ptolemy — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- pullout — an act or instance of pulling out; removal.
- slipout — an instance of slipping out
- 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.
- splotch — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- spoleto — a city in Perugia, Italy
- 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.
- 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).
- tadpole — the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, especially after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.
- talipot — a tall palm, Corypha umbraculifera, of southern India and Ceylon, having large fronds used for making fans and umbrellas, for covering houses, and in place of writing paper: also grown as an ornamental.
- taphole — a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
- telcomp — (language) A variant of JOSS.
- templog — Extension of Prolog to handle a clausal subset of first-order temporal logic with discrete time. Proposed by M. Abadi and Z. Manna of Stanford University.
- tiepolo — Giovanni Battista [joh-vah-nee buh-tee-stuh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee baht-tee-stah] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni bəˈti stə;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1696–1770, and his son, Giovanni Domenico [duh-men-i-koh;; Italian daw-me-nee-kaw] /dəˈmɛn ɪˌkoʊ;; Italian dɔˈmɛ ni kɔ/ (Show IPA) 1727–1804, Italian painters.
- toeclip — an attachment on a bicycle pedal into which the toes are inserted to prevent the foot from slipping
- tool up — an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- topfull — full to the utmost; brimful.
- topical — pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.
- topless — lacking a top: a topless bathing suit.
- topline — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- topmaul — a heavy hammer with a steel or wooden head, used in shipbuilding.
- topples — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
- toprail — the uppermost rail of the back of a chair or the like; a crest rail.
- 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.
- tripoli — Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
- trollop — an immoral or promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
- tupolev — Andrei Nikolayevich [uhn-dryey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌnˈdryeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer.
- two-ply — consisting of two thicknesses, layers, strands, or the like.
- tylopod — any artiodactyl mammal of the suborder Tylopoda, having padded, rather than hoofed, digits: includes the camels and llamas
- volupté — intense pleasure that is both sensuous and spiritual; ecstasy; bliss