8-letter words containing l, a, p, i, t
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- plantain — any plant of the genus Plantago, especially P. major, a weed with large, spreading leaves close to the ground and long, slender spikes of small flowers.
- planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- plastics — made of plastic.
- platinic — of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.
- platino- — of, relating to, containing, or resembling platinum
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- platting — a plait or braid.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- playlist — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- pleating — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- 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.
- politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- 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
- 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.
- primatal — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
- salt pit — a pit where salt is obtained.
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- spitball — a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- stapelia — any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- starlisp — *LISP
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- taillamp — the rear light of a motor vehicle
- tailpipe — an exhaust pipe located at the rear of a motor vehicle or aircraft powered by an internal-combustion engine.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- talapoin — a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- topalgia — pain restricted to a particular spot: a neurotic or hysterical symptom
- trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
- triapsal — (of a church) having three apses
- tripedal — having three feet.
- triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
- triple a — anti-aircraft artillery
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.