7-letter words containing a, l, p, n
- lapping — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- lapsang — noting a kind of souchong tea with a strong smoky flavor.
- lapsing — Present participle of lapse.
- lapwing — a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
- leaping — Present participle of leap.
- lepanto — Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- linpack — 1. A package of linear algebra routines. 2. The kernel benchmark developed from the "LINPACK" package of linear algebra routines. It was written by Jack Dongarra <[email protected]> in Fortran and is commonly used in that language but there is also a C version. Source Code by FTP: single precision Fortran, double precision Fortran, C.
- lipmann — Fritz Albert, 1899–1986, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
- lupanar — a brothel; whorehouse.
- maniple — (in ancient Rome) a subdivision of a legion, consisting of 60 or 120 men.
- misplan — (transitive) To plan badly or incorrectly.
- nail up — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- naipaul — V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) born 1932, English novelist and nonfiction writer, born in Trinidad.
- nam pla — a fish sauce used in Thai cookery.
- nampula — a city in E Mozambique.
- napalms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of napalm.
- napless — the short fuzzy ends of fibers on the surface of cloth, drawn up in napping.
- nauplii — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- netplay — (video games) Multiplayer gameplay over a network.
- nonplay — social behaviour that is not classed as play
- nopales — (plurale tantum) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
- noplace — nowhere.
- nuptial — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nuptual — Misspelling of nuptial.
- nymphal — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- oil pan — the bottom part of the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine in which the oil used to lubricate the engine accumulates.
- opaline — of or like opal; opalescent.
- outplan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- paenula — a long, circular cloak, sleeveless and often hooded, worn by the poorer classes in ancient Rome.
- paginal — of or relating to pages.
- paillon — a sheet of thin metallic foil used decoratively in enameling and gilding.
- painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- paladin — any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- palawan — an island in the W Philippines. 5697 sq. mi. (14,755 sq. km).
- palinka — a type of apricot brandy, originating in Central and Eastern Europe
- palling — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- pallone — an Italian ball game
- palming — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pan lid — the lid of a pan such as a saucepan
- paneled — made up of wooden panels
- panicle — a compound raceme.
- paniolo — a person who herds cattle; cowboy.
- panoply — a wide-ranging and impressive array or display: the dazzling panoply of the maharaja's procession; the panoply of European history.
- pantile — a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- pantler — a pantry servant
- parling — talk; parley.
- parnell — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- patulin — a toxic antibiotic, C 7 H 6 O 4 , derived from various fungi, as Penicillium patulum and Aspergillus clavatus.
- pauline — a female given name.
- pauling — Linus Carl [lahy-nuh s] /ˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), 1901–94, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954, Nobel Peace Prize 1962.