8-letter words containing e, p, l, u
- decupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decuple.
- decuples — Plural form of decuple.
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- deplumed — Simple past tense and past participle of deplume.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- drupelet — a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- duplexed — duplex apartment.
- duplexer — an automatic electronic switching device that permits the use of the same antenna for transmitting and receiving.
- duplexes — Plural form of duplex.
- earplugs — Plural form of earplug.
- eelpouts — Plural form of eelpout.
- empurple — Make or become purple.
- epaulets — Plural form of epaulet.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- 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.
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- exemplum — An example or model, especially a moralizing or illustrative story.
- expulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of expulse.
- fireplug — fire hydrant.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flare-up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- fourplex — quadplex.
- grouplet — a small group
- help out — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helpfull — Archaic form of helpful.
- holed up — If you are holed up somewhere, you are hiding or staying there, usually so that other people cannot find or disturb you.
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- humpless — having no hump
- implunge — to submerge
- impulsed — Simple past tense and past participle of impulse.
- impulses — Plural form of impulse.
- impurely — In an impure manner.
- impurple — Alternative form of empurple.
- junkpile — A pile of junk; a scrapheap.
- kerplunk — with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
- lace-ups — Lace-ups are shoes which are fastened with laces.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
- leg-pull — an amusing hoax, practical joke, or the like: The entire story was a hilarious leg-pull.
- liven up — make more lively
- louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loved-up — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lupercus — an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin