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7-letter words containing s, l, i, p

  • planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
  • plasmic — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
  • plasmid — a segment of DNA independent of the chromosomes and capable of replication, occurring in bacteria and yeast: used in recombinant DNA procedures to transfer genetic material from one cell to another.
  • plasmin — fibrinolysin.
  • plastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
  • plastid — a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
  • 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
  • pliskie — a practical joke
  • ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
  • plosion — the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def 2).
  • plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
  • plumist — a person who makes ornamental plumes
  • polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
  • 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.
  • pollist — a person who advocates the use of polls
  • poloist — a person who plays or is devoted to polo
  • prelims — preliminary.
  • psyllid — jumping plant louse.
  • publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • pulaski — a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used especially in clearing land and removing tree stumps.
  • pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
  • pulsion — the act of driving forward
  • pursily — in a pursy manner
  • puslike — a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
  • reflisp — (language)   A small Lisp interpreter written in C++ by Bill Birch of Bull, UK. RefLisp has a built-in web server, Wiki, LISP server pages, SQL Databases, XML parser, MD5 hashing, regular expressions, reference counting and mark-sweep garbage collection. RefLisp has shallow-binding and dynamic scope with optional support for lexical scope, Common Lisp compatibility and for indefinite extent Scheme programs. RefLisp is distributed under the GPL.
  • replies — to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
  • resplit — to split again
  • ripples — the repercussions of an event or situation experienced far beyond its immediate location
  • salpinx — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
  • sapling — a young tree.
  • sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
  • seedlip — a basket holding seeds that are to be sown
  • shilpit — (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
  • shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
  • shiplap — an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
  • shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
  • silt up — If a river or lake silts up or something silts it up, it becomes blocked with silt.
  • simpl-t — The base language for a family of languages and compilers.
  • simpler — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
  • simplex — simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.
  • simplon — a mountain pass in S Switzerland, in the Lepontine Alps: crossed by a carriage road constructed 1800–06 on Napoleon's orders. 6592 feet (2010 meters) high.
  • skelpit — slapped
  • slip in — person: fit into schedule
  • slip up — an act or instance of slipping.
  • slip-on — made without buttons, straps, zippers, etc., so as to be put on easily and quickly: a slip-on blouse; slip-on shoes.
  • slip-up — a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.
  • sliping — a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
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