8-letter words containing p, a, u, l, e
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- petalous — having petals.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plausive — applauding.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- pourable — able to be poured
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- prunella — a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- pucelage — virginity
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- scale up — increase in size
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- underlap — to extend partly under.
- unlapsed — no longer committed to or following the tenets of a particular belief, obligation, position, etc.: a lapsed Catholic.
- unplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- unplayed — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
- uplander — a person hailing from the uplands
- vapulate — to beat or whip