8-letter words containing e, l, i, p
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- creepily — having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
- crippled — physically incapacitated
- crippler — Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs. an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal. Offensive. a person who is disabled or impaired in any way: a mental cripple.
- cripples — Plural form of cripple.
- cusplike — Resembling or characteristic of a cusp.
- cut-pile — having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- delphine — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of dolphins.
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- depolish — to remove the polish from (an object)
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- diplegia — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- diplegic — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- diplexer — a device that can split and combine audio and video signals, permitting two transmitters to share the same antenna.
- dippable — (of a headlamp, etc) capable of being dipped
- dipteral — dipterous.
- disciple — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- dripless — designed so that the substance, item, or its contents will not drip: a dripless candle; a dripless pitcher.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- earlship — earldom (def 1).
- eclipsed — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- eclipses — Plural form of eclipse.
- eclipsis — (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
- ecliptic — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
- egg flip — an alcoholic drink made from egg, sugar and brandy or sherry
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- ellipses — Plural form of ellipse.
- ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
- elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
- en plein — (of a gambling bet) placed entirely on a single number, etc
- enophile — A lover or appreciator of wine, see oenophile.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- epically — In an epic manner.
- epicalyx — (botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx.
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epicycle — A small circle whose center moves around the circumference of a larger one.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- epilepsy — A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
- epilogic — relating to an epilogue
- epilogue — A section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.
- epiploic — relating to the epiploon
- epiploon — The omentum.