8-letter words containing p, e, l, u, c
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- penuchle — pinochle.
- penuckle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- pucelage — virginity
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- pulicene — flea-ridden
- pulicide — a flea-killing substance
- punctule — a very small opening
- purlicue — a flourish at the end of a pen stroke
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- scale up — increase in size
- scrumple — to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed
- scrupler — a person with scruples
- scruples — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- speculum — a mirror or reflector, especially one of polished metal, as on a reflecting telescope.
- surplice — a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- uncouple — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
- unplaced — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- up-close — intimate, close-up