8-letter words containing p, e
- keepsake — anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.
- keepsaky — like or suitable for a keepsake, usually specifically of a volume of material made and given as a keepsake in the 19th century
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kerplunk — with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- keyed up — tense, nervous
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
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- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kippered — a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- kipperer — One who kippers fish.
- klaipeda — a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- kneepans — Plural form of kneepan.
- knees-up — a party or lively gathering, usually including dancing.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lace-ups — Lace-ups are shoes which are fastened with laces.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lampless — Without a lamp or lamps; unlit.
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- lap belt — (in a motor vehicle) a seat belt secured to the framework of a seat and fastening across the lap of a driver or a passenger.
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lap-size — of a size to fit the lap: a lap-size chessboard.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapelled — Having lapels.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lappered — to clabber; curdle.
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- lapsable — liable to lapse.
- lapsible — liable to lapse.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- larruped — Simple past tense and past participle of larrup.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leaf gap — (in the stele of vascular plants) a break in the tissue of a stem around a leaf trace.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.