8-letter words containing r, e, p, l
- plentier — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- 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.
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- 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.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollster — a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls.
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
- polypore — a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star
- portable — portability
- porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
- porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
- portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- pourable — able to be poured
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- 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-loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- pre-sell — To pre-sell a product to promote it with publicity before it comes on to the market.
- 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
- prebless — to bless beforehand, esp to bless a couple before they marry
- 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.
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- 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.
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precycle — to make purchasing decisions that will ultimately delay, reduce, or eliminate the need to recycle or dispose of waste: One way you can precycle is by buying food in bulk, so there's less packaging to throw away.
- predella — the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.
- predrill — to drill holes in (something) or to drill (holes) in advance