8-letter words containing p, e, a, l, d
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- misplead — To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
- napalmed — Simple past tense and past participle of napalm.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- opalized — made into an opal
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- palleted — (of the binding of a book) stamped with the name of the binder.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmdale — a city in SW California.
- palmiped — a web-footed bird
- palpated — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- paludine — marshy
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- panelled — A panelled room has decorative wooden panels covering its walls.
- parceled — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- pay deal — a negotiation or agreement concerning pay or salary
- pearland — a town in SE Texas.
- peatland — an extensive tract of land where peat has formed.
- pedalcar — a four-wheeled vehicle that is operated by pedals, usually a child's toy
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- pedalier — the pedal-board of an organ, piano, etc
- pedaling — a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- pedaller — a person who pedals
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pedipalp — (in arachnids) one member of the usually longer pair of appendages immediately behind the chelicerae.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- peridial — of or pertaining to the peridium
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- pig lead — lead molded in pigs.
- pileated — crested.
- pillaged — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pillared — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pineland — Often, pinelands. an area or region covered largely with pine forest: He longed for the pinelands of his home state.
- placated — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs