8-letter words containing r, e, l, a
- pillared — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- pillaret — a small pillar.
- placater — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- plaister — plaster.
- plankter — any organism that is an element of plankton.
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- playwear — playclothes.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleather — a synthetic leather
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polestar — Polaris.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- portable — portability
- pourable — able to be poured
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prattler — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- prealtar — in front of the altar.
- prealter — to alter beforehand
- preamble — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- preapply — to apply beforehand
- preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- preclear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- predella — the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- prelease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelegal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- premolar — situated in front of the molar teeth.
- premoral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- preplace — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- prerenal — in front of the kidney
- pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.