8-letter words containing p, a, l, e
- roleplay — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- ropeable — ropable.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sapropel — mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- scale up — increase in size
- scalepan — scale2 (def 2).
- sceptral — of, resembling, or relating to a sceptre
- scrapple — cornmeal mush mixed with pork scraps, seasoned with onions, spices, herbs, etc., and shaped into loaves and sliced for frying.
- sea palm — a kelp, Postelsia palmaeformis, of the Pacific coast of North America, that resembles a miniature palm tree.
- seaplane — an airplane provided with floats for taking off from or landing on water.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- septleva — (in the card game of basset) an amount seven times as high as the player's original stake
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- slaphead — a bald person
- slipcase — a box for a book or set of books, open on one side so that the spine is visible.
- slippage — an act or instance of slipping.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- soapless — a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.
- spacelab — a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spadille — the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- spaetzle — a dish consisting of lumps or threads made from a batter of flour, milk, eggs, and salt, usually poured through a coarse colander into boiling water, and then either drained and mixed in butter, lightly pan-fried, or added to sauces, stews, etc.
- spaldeen — a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc.
- spalpeen — a lad or boy.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- spanglet — a little spangle
- spanless — impossible to span
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- sparable — a small nail with no head, used for fixing the soles and heels of shoes
- sparkler — a person or thing that sparkles.
- sparklet — a small spark.
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- sparsely — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- spätlese — type of German wine, usually white
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- spectral — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spelaean — of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
- spendall — a spendthrift