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8-letter words containing p, a, l, c

  • pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
  • pentacle — pentagram.
  • perceval — Spencer, 1762–1812, British statesman: prime minister 1809–12.
  • percival — Also, Perceval, Percivale. Arthurian Romance. a knight of King Arthur's court who sought the Holy Grail: comparable to Parzival or Parsifal in Teutonic legend.
  • phacelia — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Phacelia, of the waterleaf family, chiefly of the western U.S. and Mexico, having clusters of violet, blue, or white flowers.
  • phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
  • phylarch — the chief of a tribe in Ancient Greece, and in Athens, the head of a clan in battle, or generally, the chief of a tribe
  • physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • piacular — expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
  • picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
  • pictural — a picture
  • pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
  • pile cap — a reinforced or mass concrete connecting beam cast around the head of a group of piles enabling it to act as a single unit to support the imposed load
  • pinnacle — a lofty peak.
  • pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
  • placable — capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.
  • placated — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
  • placater — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
  • placcate — a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
  • placeman — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
  • placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.
  • placemen — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
  • placenta — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
  • placidly — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
  • placings — The placings in a competition are the relative positions of the competitors at the end or at a particular stage of the competition.
  • placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
  • plackart — placate2 .
  • planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
  • planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
  • plastics — made of plastic.
  • platinic — of or containing platinum, especially in the tetravalent state.
  • platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
  • play-act — to engage in make-believe.
  • playback — the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
  • pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs
  • plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
  • pluck at — If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
  • plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
  • plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
  • poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
  • polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
  • polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
  • polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
  • polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
  • polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
  • polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
  • populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
  • postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
  • potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
  • praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
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