7-letter words containing pla
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- plafond — a ceiling, whether flat or arched, especially one of decorative character.
- plagio- — slanting, inclining, or oblique
- plagium — the crime of kidnapping a child
- plaguey — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plaided — made of plaid, or having a similar pattern.
- plainer — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plainly — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plaited — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plaiter — a person who plaits something such as wool, hair, or threads
- plan on — intend to
- planate — having a plane or flat surface.
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- planing — Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
- planner — a person who plans.
- plantae — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- plantar — of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- planter — a person who plants.
- plantin — Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- planula — the ciliate, free-swimming larva of a coelenterate.
- planxty — a lively Celtic melody, chiefly for the harp
- plasher — a person who forms hedges by means of interweaving the branches or vines
- plashet — a small, marshy pond
- 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.
- plasmo- — of, relating to, or resembling plasma
- plasmon — the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
- 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.
- 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.
- plataea — an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 b.c.
- plateau — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platina — a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- plating — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platini — Michel. born 1955, French footballer, manager, and administrator; scored 41 goals in 72 games for France (1976–87); European Footballer of the Year (1983–85); president of UEFA (2007–2015)
- platoon — a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- platted — a plait or braid.
- platter — a large, shallow dish, usually elliptical in shape, for holding and serving food, especially meat or fish.
- 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.