7-letter words containing s, l, e, p
- nipples — Plural form of nipple.
- nopales — (plurale tantum) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
- opuscle — Obsolete form of opuscule.
- paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- palouse — a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- palsied — paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles.
- parlies — small Scottish biscuits
- parsley — an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food. Compare parsley family.
- pattles — paddle1 (def 11).
- peebles — a historic county in S Scotland.
- pegless — without pegs; not requiring pegs
- pelasgi — the pre-Hellenic peoples who inhabited Greece and the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea before the arrival of the Bronze Age Greeks
- pelisse — an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- pelotas — a city in S Brazil.
- peltast — (in ancient Greece) a lightly armed foot soldier
- pelters — strong criticism or verbal abuse
- pensile — hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- peoples — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- 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.
- phaseal — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- pilates — a system of physical conditioning involving low-impact exercises and stretches designed to strengthen muscles of the torso and often performed with specialized equipment.
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- pilsner — a pale, light lager beer.
- pipless — (of fruit) without any pips; seedless
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plashet — a small, marshy pond
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- 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.
- pleased — (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?
- 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?
- pleases — (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?
- plenish — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plenism — the philosophical theory that there are no vacuums in nature
- plenist — a person who adheres to the philosophical theory of plenism
- plessor — plexor.
- pliskie — a practical joke
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- plumose — having feathers or plumes; feathered.
- plusses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.
- pluteus — the free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical larva of an echinoid or ophiuroid.
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polies' — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
- posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- prelims — preliminary.
- presale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- presell — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.