8-letter words containing p, e
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- leg rope — a rope used to secure an animal by its hind leg
- leg-pull — an amusing hoax, practical joke, or the like: The entire story was a hilarious leg-pull.
- lempiras — Plural form of lempira.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- 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.
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- leporide — a Belgian hare formerly believed to be a hybrid of the European rabbit and hare.
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- let slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- 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.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lime pit — (in tanning) a pit containing lime in which hides are placed to remove the hair
- limpness — lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lip-read — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lipaemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipaemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- liposome — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- liripipe — a hood with a long, hanging peak, worn originally by medieval academics and later adopted for general wear in the 14th and 15th centuries.
- lispview — CLOS based windowing system on OpenWindows.
- liven up — make more lively
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- lolloped — Simple past tense and past participle of lollop.
- loophole — a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loved-up — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lupercus — an ancient Roman fertility god, often identified with Faunus or Pan.
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- mag tape — a magnetic tape used for recording data.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- malapert — unbecomingly bold or saucy.
- man page — Unix manual page
- manciple — an officer or steward of a monastery, college, etc., authorized to purchase provisions.