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8-letter words containing p, l, e, a, t

  • pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
  • peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
  • pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
  • pelletal — of, relating to, or resembling a pellet
  • pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
  • penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
  • pentacle — pentagram.
  • pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
  • pep talk — a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.: The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
  • perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
  • petaflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of 1015 floating-point operations a second
  • petaline — pertaining to or resembling a petal.
  • petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
  • petalite — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, Li(AlSi 4 O 1 0), occurring in colorless or white foliated masses: an important source of lithium.
  • petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
  • petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
  • petalous — having petals.
  • petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
  • petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
  • petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
  • pettable — having the capability to be petted
  • petulant — sulky or irritable
  • pieplant — the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
  • pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
  • pileated — crested.
  • pillaret — a small pillar.
  • pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
  • pintable — a pinball machine
  • pitiable — evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
  • pixelate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
  • pixilate — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
  • placated — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
  • placater — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
  • placcate — a piece of plate armor of the 15th to the 18th century protecting the lower part of the torso in front: used especially as a reinforcement over a breastplate.
  • placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.
  • placenta — Anatomy, Zoology. the organ in most mammals, formed in the lining of the uterus by the union of the uterine mucous membrane with the membranes of the fetus, that provides for the nourishment of the fetus and the elimination of its waste products.
  • plaister — plaster.
  • planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
  • planet x — a planet (beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto) whose existence has been hypothesized but not confirmed.
  • planetic — of, relating to, or caused by a planet
  • plangent — resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell.
  • plankter — any organism that is an element of plankton.
  • plantage — plants
  • plantlet — a little plant, as one produced on the leaf margins of a kalanchoe or the aerial stems of a spider plant.
  • plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
  • plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
  • plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
  • plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
  • plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
  • platelet — a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
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