8-letter words containing e, p, l, u
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plausive — applauding.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plughole — drainage hole in sink or bath
- plugless — having no plug
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- plumelet — a small plume.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumiped — a bird with feathered feet
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- polluted — made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted: swimming in polluted waters.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- pourable — able to be poured
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preluded — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- premould — to mould in advance
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- prideful — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- prunella — a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
- prunelle — a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pucelage — virginity
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.