8-letter words containing u, l, p, a
- paulette — a female given name: derived from Paul.
- paulinus — Saint, died a.d. 644, Roman missionary in England with Augustine: 1st archbishop of York 633–644.
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- peculate — to appropriate or embezzle (public money)
- peculiar — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pendular — of or relating to a pendulum.
- perrault — Charles [chahrlz;; French sharl] /tʃɑrlz;; French ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1628–1703, French poet, critic, and author of fairy tales.
- petalous — having petals.
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- piacular — expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- pictural — a picture
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- plaguing — an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
- plainful — sad and mournful
- plan out — organize in detail
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- planuria — an expulsion of urine from an abnormal opening
- plate up — to put food on a plate, ready for serving
- plateaux — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- plausive — applauding.
- play out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- pluck at — If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
- plug hat — plug (def 19).
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- plumeria — a tropical tree with candelabra-like branches
- plumular — relating to the plumule of a plant
- plurally — as a plural; in a plural sense.
- plussage — a surplus amount.
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- pourable — able to be poured
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks