8-letter words containing p, l, e
- deprival — to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons): to deprive a man of life; to deprive a baby of candy.
- desklamp — A lamp used to illuminate a desk.
- despisal — contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- develope — Obsolete spelling of develop.
- develops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of develop.
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- diplegia — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- diplegic — paralysis of the identical part on both sides of the body.
- diplexer — a device that can split and combine audio and video signals, permitting two transmitters to share the same antenna.
- dippable — (of a headlamp, etc) capable of being dipped
- dipteral — dipterous.
- disciple — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- displume — to strip of plumes; deplume.
- dogsleep — a feigned or fitful sleep
- dolloped — Simple past tense and past participle of dollop.
- dopplers — Plural form of doppler.
- drapable — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- dripless — designed so that the substance, item, or its contents will not drip: a dripless candle; a dripless pitcher.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droplets — Plural form of droplet.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- drupelet — a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- duplexed — duplex apartment.
- duplexer — an automatic electronic switching device that permits the use of the same antenna for transmitting and receiving.
- duplexes — Plural form of duplex.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- earflaps — Plural form of earflap.
- earlship — earldom (def 1).
- earplugs — Plural form of earplug.
- eclipsed — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- eclipses — Plural form of eclipse.
- eclipsis — (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
- ecliptic — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
- eelpouts — Plural form of eelpout.
- egg flip — an alcoholic drink made from egg, sugar and brandy or sherry
- eggplant — a plant, Solanum melongena esculentum, of the nightshade family, cultivated for its edible, dark-purple or occasionally white or yellow fruit.
- elaphine — relating to or resembling a red deer
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
- ellipses — Plural form of ellipse.
- ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
- elliptic — Of, relating to, or having the form of an ellipse.
- empanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empanel.
- empeople — to bring people into
- emplaced — Simple past tense and past participle of emplace.
- emplored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.