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.