8-letter words containing p, u, r, l
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- owerloup — an encroachment
- pastural — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paul pry — an inquisitive, meddlesome person.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- 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.
- philtrum — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- piacular — expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- pictural — a picture
- pin curl — a small section of hair wound in a circle and secured with a hairpin to set it in a curl
- pin-curl — to curl (the hair) by using clips or hairpins.
- planuria — an expulsion of urine from an abnormal opening
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plectrum — a small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumular — relating to the plumule of a plant
- plurally — as a plural; in a plural sense.
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- porously — full of pores.
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pourable — able to be poured
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- prebuild — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preluded — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- premould — to mould in advance
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- prideful — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- promulge — to promulgate.