8-letter words containing l, p, t
- catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
- centuple — a hundred times as much or as many; hundredfold
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chapelet — A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
- chaplets — Plural form of chaplet.
- chaptrel — a side pillar supporting the weight of an arch
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- clap-net — a net, used esp by entomologists, that can be closed instantly by pulling a string
- claptrap — If you describe something that someone says as claptrap, you mean that it is stupid or foolish although it may sound important.
- claspeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clasp.
- clay pit — a pit or mine from which clay is extracted
- clifftop — A clifftop is the area of land around the top of a cliff.
- clip art — a large collection of simple drawings stored in a computer from which items can be selected for incorporation into documents
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- co-pilot — The co-pilot of an aircraft is a pilot who assists the chief pilot.
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal pot — a cooking device using charcoal, consisting of a raised iron bowl and a central grid
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- colpitis — inflammation of the vagina; vaginitis
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- complect — to interweave or entwine
- complete — You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- completo — (slang) A hot dog with the works.
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- copilots — Plural form of copilot.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copyleft — a form of licensing that imposes fewer restrictions on the use of a work than copyright
- couplets — Plural form of couplet.
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- culprits — Plural form of culprit.
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- cut plug — compressed chewing tobacco in a portion-sized cake.
- cut-pile — having a pile with yarns that are cut instead of looped: a cut-pile carpet.
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- deepfelt — relating to a sincere or profound experience
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- depleted — reduced or exhausted
- depleter — a thing that depletes something
- depletes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplete.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- dipteral — dipterous.
- displant — to dislodge.
- droplets — Plural form of droplet.
- 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.