8-letter words containing p, a, r, e, l
- re-apply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- reappeal — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- replaced — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- replicar — a custom-made or individually produced automobile whose body is a copy of a vintage or classic automobile.
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
- resample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- rippable — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- 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
- sapropel — mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- 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.
- 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.
- slipware — pottery decorated with slip.
- 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.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- 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.
- 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.
- spiracle — a breathing hole; an opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; air hole.
- splasher — a person or thing that splashes.
- splatter — an act or instance of splattering.
- sprackle — to clamber or scramble upwards
- spraddle — to straddle.
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- sprattle — a struggle; fight.
- sprawled — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
- teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
- tetrapla — a book containing versions of the same text in four languages
- thrapple — the throat or windpipe
- trampled — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
- tripedal — having three feet.
- triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
- triple a — anti-aircraft artillery
- underlap — to extend partly under.
- uplander — a person hailing from the uplands
- vesperal — the part of an antiphonary containing the chants for vespers.
- walloper — to beat soundly; thrash.