8-letter words containing s, l, e, p
- ponselle — Rosa (Melba) 1897–1981, U.S. soprano.
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- popeless — having no pope
- popsicle — ice lolly
- popstrel — a young, attractive female pop star
- portless — a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- 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.
- 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
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- 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.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- presleep — of the period immediately before sleep
- preslice — to slice in advance
- presolve — to solve beforehand
- presplit — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- pressful — the quantity that a press can hold
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psellism — Pathology. stuttering; stammering.
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- pulpless — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulsejet — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- pumpless — having no pump
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pusslike — resembling a puss
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- redilisp — R.M. Keller, U Utah. Dialect of Lisp used on the Rediflow machine, a derivative of FEL.
- repletes — abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- reptiles — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the dinosaurs.
- resample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- resculpt — to sculpt again
- resplend — to be resplendent