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8-letter words containing a, p, l, i

  • polarise — to cause polarization in.
  • polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
  • polarize — to cause polarization in.
  • polaroid — instant photograph
  • polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
  • politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
  • poloidal — relating to a type of magnetic field
  • polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
  • polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
  • polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
  • ponytail — an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely.
  • postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
  • poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
  • praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
  • prairial — the month of meadows: the ninth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from May 21 to June 19
  • prandial — of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
  • preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
  • prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
  • pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
  • primally — in a primal manner
  • primatal — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
  • primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
  • prizable — of worth
  • proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
  • proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
  • prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
  • propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
  • proviral — relating to a provirus
  • proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • psalmist — an author of psalms.
  • ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
  • ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
  • publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
  • pulpital — relating to the pulpit
  • pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
  • puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
  • pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
  • pupillar — of or relating to a pupil or a legal ward
  • rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
  • replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
  • reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
  • reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
  • rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
  • rippable — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
  • salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
  • salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
  • salt pit — a pit where salt is obtained.
  • sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
  • sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
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