8-letter words containing p, u, l, e
- melampus — the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.
- mpegplus — (compression, algorithm) A non-ISO standard compressed audio file format derived from MPEG-1 Layer 2.
- multiped — having many feet.
- multiple — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outsleep — to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- outspell — to surpass at spelling
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- owerloup — an encroachment
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- palenque — a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.
- paludine — marshy
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- papulose — having papules
- pas seul — a dance performed by one person; dance solo.
- pasquale — a male given name.
- patulent — patulous
- paulette — a female given name: derived from Paul.
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- peculium — property that a father or master allowed his child or slave to hold as his own
- peduncle — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pellucid — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- pendulum — a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- penuchle — pinochle.
- penuckle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perilune — the point in a lunar orbit that is nearest to the moon.
- periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- petalous — having petals.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- 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.