7-letter words containing r, e, p, l
- pelters — strong criticism or verbal abuse
- peopler — a settler; colonizer
- percale — a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth, used for bed sheets, clothing, etc.
- peregal — equal
- pergola — an arbor formed of horizontal trelliswork supported on columns or posts, over which vines or other plants are trained.
- perilla — any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- perlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- perlman — Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- peroral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- persalt — (in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
- petrale — a variety of flounder, native to the Pacific coast of North America and commonly caught for food
- peytrel — the part of a horse's harness or the protective part that shields its chest
- phalera — a metal disk or boss worn on a man's breast as an ornament or as a military decoration or used to adorn the harness of a horse.
- philter — a potion, charm, or drug supposed to cause the person taking it to fall in love, usually with some specific person.
- philtre — philter.
- piddler — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
- piffler — someone who talks nonsense
- pilcher — a scabbard for a sword, or a similar outer covering
- pilfery — theft
- pilsner — a pale, light lager beer.
- pingler — someone who fiddles with their food and eats little of it
- plainer — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plaiter — a person who plaits something such as wool, hair, or threads
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planner — a person who plans.
- planter — a person who plants.
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- platter — a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- pleader — a person who pleads, especially at law.
- pleaser — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- pleater — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plectra — plectrum.
- pledger — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- pledgor — a person who deposits personal property as a pledge.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- 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.
- pleurae — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- pleural — Anatomy. of or relating to the pleura.
- pleuro- — of or relating to the side
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plexure — the act of weaving together or something which has been interwoven
- plinker — a person who shoots a handgun recreationally
- plodder — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plonker — idiot, foolish person