8-letter words containing p, l, a
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- coplanar — lying in the same plane
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copyable — able to be copied
- corporal — A corporal is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cupulate — shaped like a small cup
- cuspidal — of, like, or having a cusp; cuspidate.
- cyclopia — a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.
- cypselae — Plural form of cypsela.
- dapperly — neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.
- dappling — Present participle of dapple.
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- de palma — Brian, born 1940, U.S. film director.
- de plano — without argument.
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- delphian — a native or inhabitant of Delphi.
- depilate — to remove the hair from
- deplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of deplane.
- deplanes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deplane.
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- dickslap — (slang, rare) An objectionable person.
- diplegia — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- diplopia — a pathological condition of vision in which a single object appears double (opposed to haplopia).
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- dippable — (of a headlamp, etc) capable of being dipped
- dipteral — dipterous.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displant — to dislodge.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- disposal — availability for use
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.