8-letter words containing p, a, r, l
- polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polaroid — instant photograph
- polestar — Polaris.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- polypary — the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- poor law — a law or system of laws providing for the relief or support of the poor at public expense.
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- portaloo — a portable toilet
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pourable — able to be poured
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prairial — the month of meadows: the ninth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from May 21 to June 19
- prandial — of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- 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.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- 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
- preamble — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- preapply — to apply beforehand
- preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- preclear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- predella — the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- prelease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelegal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- premolar — situated in front of the molar teeth.
- premoral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- preplace — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.