8-letter words containing p, i, l
- blipping — bleeping.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- blowpipe — a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- bonspiel — a curling match
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- built-up — A built-up area is an area such as a town or city which has a lot of buildings in it.
- bullwhip — A bullwhip is a very long, heavy whip.
- calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- caliphal — relating to a caliph
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calpolli — A subdivision of an altepetl; a
- capeline — a cap-shaped bandage for covering either the head or an amputation stump
- capelins — Plural form of capelin.
- capicola — A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- capitula — Biology. any globose or knoblike part, as a flower head or the head of a bone.
- capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- caprylic — of or relating to an animal odor: the caprylic odor of a barn.
- capsidal — forming a capsid, or relating to capsids
- carpalia — any of the bones of the wrist.
- cephalic — of or relating to the head
- cephalin — a phospholipid, similar to lecithin, that occurs in the nerve tissue and brain
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chaplain — A chaplain is a member of the Christian clergy who does religious work in a place such as a hospital, school, prison, or in the armed forces.
- cheliped — (of an arthropod) either of two legs which each carry a claw
- chilopod — any arthropod of the class Chilopoda, which includes the centipedes
- chip log — a log for determining a vessel's speed, consisting of a wooden chip tossed overboard at the end of a line that is marked off in lengths of 47 feet 3 inches; the speed is calculated by counting the number of such intervals that pass overboard in a 28-second interval
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chirpily — In a chirpy way.
- choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- cineplex — a large cinema complex
- clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clapping — to strike the palms of (one's hands) against one another resoundingly, and usually repeatedly, especially to express approval: She clapped her hands in appreciation.
- clasping — (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.
- clay pit — a pit or mine from which clay is extracted
- clifftop — A clifftop is the area of land around the top of a cliff.
- clip art — a large collection of simple drawings stored in a computer from which items can be selected for incorporation into documents
- clip-fed — (of an automatic firearm) loaded from a cartridge clip
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- clip-out — intended to be clipped out, as from a newspaper: a clip-out coupon.
- clippers — a hand tool with two cutting blades for clipping fingernails, hedges, etc
- clippies — Plural form of clippie.