8-letter words containing p, e, a, l
- pig lead — lead molded in pigs.
- pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pile cap — a reinforced or mass concrete connecting beam cast around the head of a group of piles enabling it to act as a single unit to support the imposed load
- pileated — crested.
- pillaged — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- pillager — 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.
- pillaret — a small pillar.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- pin seal — leather made of the skin of young seals.
- pineland — Often, pinelands. an area or region covered largely with pine forest: He longed for the pinelands of his home state.
- pinnacle — a lofty peak.
- pintable — a pinball machine
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- pitiable — evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
- pixelate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- placable — capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.
- placated — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placater — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- placcate — a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
- placeman — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.
- placemen — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- placenta — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
- plaister — plaster.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
- planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
- plangent — resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
- plankter — any organism that is an element of plankton.
- planless — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- plantage — plants
- plantlet — a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- 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.
- platelet — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
- plateman — a person who makes and sells plate armour
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plausive — applauding.
- playable — capable of or suitable for being played.
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- playless — having no play
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.