8-letter words containing l, a, p, e, r
- praedial — of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- praelect — to lecture or discourse publicly.
- prattler — to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- pre-sale — a sale held in advance of an advertised sale, as for select customers.
- preadult — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- prealtar — in front of the altar.
- prealter — to alter beforehand
- preamble — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- preapply — to apply beforehand
- preaxial — situated before the body axis; pertaining to the radial side of the upper limb and the tibial side of the lower limb.
- prebasal — (in biology) located in front of a base, or in front of a basal part
- precaval — See under vena cava.
- preclean — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- preclear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- predella — the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- prelease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelegal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- premolar — situated in front of the molar teeth.
- premoral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- prenasal — a bone in the front of the nose
- prenatal — previous to birth or to giving birth: prenatal care for mothers.
- preplace — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- preplant — occurring before planting
- prepupal — of the period between the larval and pupal stages
- prerenal — in front of the kidney
- pretrial — a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- prevalue — to value beforehand
- primeval — of or relating to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
- prizable — of worth
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- 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.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- quelpart — former name of Cheju (def 1).
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- 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.
- rapeable — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.