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8-letter words containing p, e

  • baptizer — someone who baptises
  • baptizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize.
  • base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
  • base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
  • basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
  • bean pot — a heavy, covered crockery or metal pot, suitable for the slow cooking of beans, stews, etc.
  • beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
  • bear paw — a type of small round snowshoe
  • bear pit — a place, such as parliament or the stock market ,where there are a lot of aggressive, argumentative and competitive people
  • beartrap — A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.
  • beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
  • beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
  • bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
  • becarpet — to lay carpet on
  • bediaper — to put a nappy on
  • bedimple — to form dimples in
  • bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
  • bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
  • beerpull — the handle of a beer pump.
  • behappen — to befall
  • bell lap — the final lap in a race of repeated circuits, signaled by the ringing of a bell.
  • bellpull — a handle or rope that is pulled to ring a bell
  • bellpush — a button that is pressed to operate an electric bell
  • belly up — If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
  • belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
  • benchtop — a flat surface area
  • bepepper — to pelt with small missiles or sand
  • bepester — to pester persistently
  • bepimple — form pimples on
  • beplumed — decorated with feathers
  • bepommel — to beat vigorously
  • bepowder — to cover with powder
  • bepraise — to praise highly
  • bespoken — a past participle of bespeak.
  • bespouse — to marry
  • bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
  • besprent — sprinkled over
  • bethpage — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • bhelpuri — an Indian dish of puffed rice and vegetables
  • biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
  • bioscope — a kind of early film projector
  • biphenyl — a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C6H5C6H5
  • bleeping — (used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable): Get that bleeping cat out of here!
  • blipvert — a very short television advertisement
  • blowpipe — a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing
  • boltrope — a rope sewn to the foot or luff of a sail to strengthen it
  • bonspiel — a curling match
  • bontemps — Arna Wendell [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–73, U.S. author.
  • booze up — any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
  • booze-up — In Britain, a booze-up is a party or other social gathering where people drink a lot of alcohol.
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