7-letter words containing p, y, l
- polyped — a being or object having many legs: Her favorite toy is a bug-shaped polyped.
- polypod — (of insect larvae) having many feet.
- polyzoa — Bryozoa.
- pop fly — a high fly ball hit to the infield or immediately beyond it that can easily be caught before reaching the ground.
- pouilly — a village in central France: known for its wines.
- poultry — domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- presley — Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- preyful — predatory
- pricily — in a pricey manner
- prickly — full of or armed with prickles.
- primely — excellently.
- priorly — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.
- privily — in a privy manner; secretly.
- propyla — plural of propylon.
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- proudly — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- psyllid — jumping plant louse.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptolemy — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
- ptyalin — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
- pulpify — to reduce to pulp
- pursily — in a pursy manner
- pussley — purslane
- 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.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- replevy — to recover possession of by replevin.
- roupily — in a roupy manner
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- slipway — (in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.
- spangly — Spangly clothes are decorated with a lot of small shiny objects.
- sparkly — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- spindly — long or tall, thin, and usually frail: The colt wobbled on its spindly legs.
- splashy — making a splash or splashes.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spleeny — abundant in or displaying spleen.
- splurgy — ostentatious
- spondyl — a vertebra or something like a vertebra
- sprawly — tending to sprawl; straggly: The colt's legs were long and sprawly.
- spulyie — to plunder
- spyhole — peephole in a door, etc.
- steeply — having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.