8-letter words containing l, p, t
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- poyntill — pointel.
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- prattler — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- prealtar — in front of the altar.
- prealter — to alter beforehand
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- prelimit — to limit within bounds beforehand: The chairman prelimited his speech to 10 minutes.
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- 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.
- prettily — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- primatal — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protocol — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protolog — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psilotic — of or relating to a disease of the small intestine
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptilosis — the falling out of eye lashes
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pull tab — a metal tab or ring that is pulled to uncover the precut opening in a can or other container.
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulpiter — a preacher
- pulpitry — the art of delivering sermons
- pulpitum — (in many cathedrals and large churches) a stone screen which divides the nave and the choir, often supporting a gallery or loft
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- punctule — a very small opening
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.