8-letter words containing l, a, s
- ps-algol — Persistent ALGOL. ca 1981, released 1985. A derivative of S-ALGOL. Database capability derived from the longevity of data. "The PS- Algol Reference Manual", TR PPR-12-85, CS Dept, U Glasgow 1985. IBM PC version available from CS Dept, U Strathclyde, Glasgow.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- qawwalis — Plural form of qawwali.
- qualmish — tending to have, or having, qualms.
- quarrels — Plural form of quarrel.
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- quetzals — Plural form of quetzal.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- rabelais — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- railings — a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
- rallyist — a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- rankless — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rascally — being, characteristic of, or befitting a rascal.
- rasmalai — an Indian dessert made from cheese, milk, and almonds
- rasorial — given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
- ratables — property that is liable to rates
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- rawlings — Marjorie Kinnan [ki-nan] /kɪˈnæn/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, U.S. novelist and journalist.
- re-lease — to lease again.
- realised — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realises — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realisms — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- realness — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- realties — real property or real estate.
- reassail — to assail (someone or something) again
- redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- releasee — (in property law) a person to whom an estate is released
- releaser — a person or thing that releases.
- releasor — a person who releases an estate to someone else
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- resaddle — to saddle (a horse etc) again
- resalute — to salute or greet again
- resample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- restable — to put (horses, animals, etc) in a stable again
- restoral — restoration.