8-letter words containing t, p, l
- paulette — a female given name: derived from Paul.
- pc-tiles — (language) A visual programming language.
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- pearlite — a volcanic glass in which concentric fractures impart a distinctive structure resembling masses of small spheroids, used as a plant growth medium.
- peatland — an extensive tract of land where peat has formed.
- pectinal — of or resembling a comb
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pelletal — of, relating to, or resembling a pellet
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- peltless — without fur or a pelt
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- pentacle — pentagram.
- pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
- pep talk — a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.: The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- petaflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of 1015 floating-point operations a second
- petaline — pertaining to or resembling a petal.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- petalite — a mineral, lithium aluminum silicate, Li(AlSi 4 O 1 0), occurring in colorless or white foliated masses: an important source of lithium.
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petalous — having petals.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- peterlee — a new town in Co Durham, founded in 1948. Pop: 29 936 (2001)
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petrillo — James Caesar, 1892–1984, U.S. labor leader: president of the American Federation of Musicians 1940–58.
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pettable — having the capability to be petted
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- philomot — having the same colour as that of a dead leaf
- philtrum — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- phthalin — any of a group of compounds obtained by the reduction of the phthaleins.
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- piblokto — a culture-specific syndrome occurring among traditional Eskimo women, characterized by an outburst of cries or screams, the removal of clothing, and seeming possession by a bird or animal spirit.
- pictural — a picture
- pieplant — the edible rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum.
- pilaster — a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- pileated — crested.
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
- pillaret — a small pillar.
- pillwort — a small Eurasian water fern, Pilularia globulifera, with globular spore-producing bodies and grasslike leaves
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.