8-letter words containing u, l, p, a
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- prunella — a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- pucallpa — a city in E Peru, on the Ucayali River.
- pucelage — virginity
- pucellas — a tool resembling tongs or shears for handling and shaping molten glass.
- puffball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- pull tab — a metal tab or ring that is pulled to uncover the precut opening in a can or other container.
- pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- pulpally — involving the pulp of a tooth
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
- punaluan — relating to punalua
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
- pupillar — of or relating to a pupil or a legal ward
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- pustular — of, relating to, or of the nature of pustules.
- puyallup — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the Puget Sound area of Washington.
- puzzolan — pozzolana.
- quadplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- rawlplug — a short fibre or plastic tube used to provide a fixing in a wall for a screw
- scale up — increase in size
- scalprum — a large scalpel
- scapular — of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- slack up — to go more slowly
- snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- spaulder — a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.
- specular — pertaining to or having the properties of a mirror.
- spicular — relating to or characteristic of spicula
- sporular — a spore, especially a small one.
- st. paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subpolar — subantarctic.
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.