8-letter words that end in l
- proudful — proud; full of pride.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- ps-algol — Persistent ALGOL. ca 1981, released 1985. A derivative of S-ALGOL. Database capability derived from the longevity of data. "The PS- Algol Reference Manual", TR PPR-12-85, CS Dept, U Glasgow 1985. IBM PC version available from CS Dept, U Strathclyde, Glasgow.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- 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.
- pug mill — a mill for grinding and mixing materials, as clay or the ingredients of cement, to a desired condition.
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulpmill — a mill making pulp for paper
- punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- purseful — an amount which can be contained in a purse
- 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.
- quirinal — one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
- rag doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- rag-doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- ragwheel — a chain or sprocket wheel
- rainfall — a fall or shower of rain.
- rakehell — a licentious or dissolute man; rake.
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- rasorial — given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
- rat tail — a hair style characterized by a long thin tail of hair growing at the back of the head
- rat-tail — grenadier (def 4).
- rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- raw deal — unjust treatment
- re-avail — to avail (someone or something) again
- re-enrol — to enrol again
- re-expel — to expel again
- reappeal — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- reassail — to assail (someone or something) again
- reburial — the act of burying (something, esp a dead body) in the ground again
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- receival — the act of receiving or state of being received; receipt
- rectoral — of or relating to God's rule
- red cell — a red blood cell.
- red poll — one of a breed of red, hornless, dual-purpose cattle, raised originally in England.
- redistil — to distil again, usually to purify further
- reenroll — to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register: It took two days to enroll the new students.
- referral — an act of referring; the state of being referred.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- remedial — affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- remittal — a remission.
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- reschool — to school again; retrain
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- restoral — restoration.
- revenual — of or relating to revenue