7-letter words starting with pl
- platypi — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plautus — Titus Maccius [tahy-tuh s mak-see-uh s] /ˈtaɪ təs ˈmæk si əs/ (Show IPA), c254–c184 b.c, Roman dramatist.
- play at — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play it — to act in a (specified) manner
- play on — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play up — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- playboy — a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.
- playbus — a mobile playground
- playday — a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.
- playful — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- playing — the act of taking part in a game or sport
- playlet — a short play.
- playoff — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playpen — a small enclosure, usually portable, in which a young child can play safely alone without constant supervision.
- pleaded — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- pleader — a person who pleads, especially at law.
- 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?
- pleated — fabric: in folds
- pleater — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plebify — to make popular or vulgar
- plectra — plectrum.
- pledgee — a person to whom a pledge is made or with whom something is deposited as a pledge.
- pledger — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- pledget — a small, flat mass of lint, absorbent cotton, or the like, for use on a wound, sore, etc.
- pledgor — a person who deposits personal property as a pledge.
- pléiade — a group of seven French poets of the 16th cent. who favored the use of classical forms
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- plenipo — a plenipotentiary diplomat
- 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
- pleonal — relating to the abdomen of a crustacean
- pleopod — a swimmeret.
- 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
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plinian — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.