8-letter words containing t, p, l
- ecliptic — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
- eelpouts — Plural form of eelpout.
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
- endplate — any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- epaulets — Plural form of epaulet.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- epistler — A writer of an epistle.
- epistles — Plural form of epistle.
- epistyle — architrave (sense 1)
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- estoppel — The principle that precludes a person from asserting something contrary to what is implied by a previous action or statement of that person or by a previous pertinent judicial determination.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- expertly — In an expert manner; with great skill.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- explicit — Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
- exploits — Plural form of exploit.
- felt pen — fibre-tipped marker pen
- felt-tip — A felt-tip or a felt-tip pen is a pen which has a piece of fibre at the end that the ink comes through.
- flat cap — A flat cap is the same as a cloth cap.
- flat top — an aircraft carrier.
- flat-top — an aircraft carrier.
- flatpack — A package for an integrated circuit consisting of a rectangular sealed unit with a number of horizontal metal pins protruding from its sides.
- flatpick — a plectrum
- flattops — Plural form of flattop.
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.
- fleshpot — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flip out — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- flip-out — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- flip-top — (of a can) having a top with a tab or ring that when pulled up or off exposes a precut hole or peels off the entire lid.
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- fly trap — any of various plants that entrap insects, especially Venus's-flytrap.
- fly-past — a ceremonial flight of aircraft over a given area
- flypitch — an area for unlicensed stalls at markets
- flytraps — Plural form of flytrap.
- foul tip — a pitched ball that glances off the bat into foul territory, usually near the catcher, ruled a strike if the catcher catches it before it hits the ground, otherwise ruled an ordinary foul ball.
- fullstop — Alt form full stop.
- gallipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- glyptics — the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
- goalpost — a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
- grouplet — a small group
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- heel-tap — a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- heelpost — a post made to withstand strain, forming or fitted to the end of something, as the post on which a gate or door is hinged.