8-letter words starting with p
- palpable — readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
- palpably — readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
- palpated — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- palpator — a type of beetle with long maxillary appendages
- palpebra — an eyelid
- palstave — a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
- paludine — marshy
- paludism — malaria.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- pamphrey — a cabbage
- pamplona — a city in N Spain.
- pan head — a tripod head permitting vertical or horizontal rotation of a camera to any position.
- pan loaf — a loaf of bread with a light crust all the way round
- panacean — a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
- panamiga — a low South American foliage plant, Pilea involucrata, of the nettle family, having toothed, velvety, brownish-green leaves and small, green flowers in clusters.
- panatela — a long, slender cigar, usually with straight sides and tapering to a point at the closed end.
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- pancetta — Italian pork belly cured with salt, pepper, and other spices and air-dried up to four months, tightly rolled in a cylinder.
- panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- pancheon — a wide, shallow bowl, originally used for making bread or separating cream
- pancreas — a gland, situated near the stomach, that secretes a digestive fluid into the intestine through one or more ducts and also secretes the hormone insulin.
- pandanus — any plant of the genus Pandanus, having sword-shaped leaves arranged in a spiral, comprising the screw pines.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- pandavas — (in the Mahabharata) the family of Arjuna, at war with their cousins, the Kauravas.
- pandemia — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- pandemic — (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.
- pandered — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderer — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- pandowdy — apple pandowdy.
- panegyry — a panegyric
- paneless — (of a building or window) without panes of glass
- paneling — a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- panelled — A panelled room has decorative wooden panels covering its walls.
- panetela — panatela
- pangamic — relating to pangamy
- pangless — causing no pain
- pangloss — a person who views a situation with unwarranted optimism
- pangolin — any mammal of the order Pholidota, of Africa and tropical Asia, having a covering of broad, overlapping, horny scales and feeding on ants and termites.
- panhuman — of, relating to, or affecting all humanity.
- panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- panislam — all of Islam or the Muslim world
- panmixia — random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.
- pannicle — a thin layer of body tissue
- pannikin — a small pan or metal cup.
- pannonia — an ancient country and Roman province in central Europe, S and W of the Danube, the territory of which is now occupied by Hungary, E Austria, N Croatia, NW Serbia, Slovenia, W Slovakia, and N Bosnia and Herzegovina.