8-Letter Words Starting With P

1. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

2. of or arising from personality

1. just preceding something else in time or order

2. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

1. something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

2. a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class

1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

1. something that can be done

2. an applicant who might be suitable

1. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

2. the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

1. cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

2. put into a certain place or abstract location

1. the acquisition of something for payment

2. something acquired by purchase

1. a customary way of operation or behavior

2. systematic training by multiple repetitions

1. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

2. relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics

1. with considerable certainty; without much doubt

2. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence

1. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

2. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

1. social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power

2. the study of government of states and other political units

1. the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

2. a force that compels

1. develop in a positive way

2. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

2. someone who provides the means for subsistence

1. a raised horizontal surface

2. a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

1. text handwritten in the style of printed matter

2. the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

1. of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull

2. easily or conveniently transported

1. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

2. having great influence

1. status established in order of importance or urgency

2. preceding in time

1. made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

2. having made preparations

1. (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state

1. something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)

2. an offer of marriage

1. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines

2. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold

1. the state of being present; current existence

2. the immediate proximity of someone or something

1. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

2. creating a picture with paints

1. in the right manner; correctly; suitably

2. indicating exactness or preciseness

1. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

2. the proper sphere or extent of your activities

1. carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

2. rich in significance or implication

1. by chance

2. to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means

1. be parallel to

2. make or place parallel to something

1. (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with

1. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

2. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

1. someone who manufactures something

2. someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)

1. gossip spread by spoken communication

2. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases

1. a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

1. a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

2. reverent petition to a deity

1. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings

2. (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior

1. a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. any likeness of a person, in any medium

1. land and the buildings on it

1. characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

2. of high worth or cost

1. any authorization to pass or go somewhere

2. a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

2. a reservation where animals are protected

1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

2. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

1. a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio

1. in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly

2. by the public or the people generally

1. utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage

2. the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

1. happening or recurring at regular intervals

2. recurring or reappearing from time to time

1. the possibility of future success

2. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

1. the first public performance of a play or movie

2. preceding all others in time

1. peacefully resistant in response to injustice

2. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

1. large and often sumptuous tent

1. designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced

2. relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

2. a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

1. a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

1. relating to the prostate gland

2. a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen

1. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

2. (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

1. with little or no delay

2. in a punctual manner

1. the act of reproducing recorded sound

2. electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material

1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

2. annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

1. enclosed in a package or protective covering

1. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

2. a card game played by one person

1. the act of fixing firmly in place

2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

1. an applicant likely to be chosen

2. likely but not certain to be or become true or real

1. a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

1. a five-sided polygon

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

2. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

1. a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.

1. surmount with a pinnacle

2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle

1. of the greatest intensity; complete

2. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

1. following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit

1. systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word

2. a standard or typical example

1. someone who attacks in search of booty

2. any animal that lives by preying on other animals

1. (of devices and processes) protected by patent

1. the visual percept of a region

2. a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

1. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

2. material used to pave an area

1. someone who is an active supporter and advocate

2. a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments

1. command against

1. purported; commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds

1. seen in the mind as a mental image

2. represented graphically by sketch or design or lines

1. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

1. of or relating to a pastor

2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

1. works for an expert to learn a trade

1. (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

2. abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

1. to become aware of through the senses

2. become conscious of

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. line of descent of a purebred animal

1. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes

1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

2. unique or specific to a person or thing or category

1. a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable

2. informal terms referring to a domestic cat

1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation

2. make pure or free from sin or guilt

1. a fervent and even militant proponent of something

2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

1. subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)

1. the act of one who pleases

2. pleasant or agreeable to the senses

1. occurring or existing before birth

1. a support or foundation

2. a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)

1. win approval or support for

2. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

1. deserving or inciting pity

2. inspiring mixed contempt and pity

1. an apparatus for removing impurities

1. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel

1. an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world

2. epidemic over a wide geographical area

1. a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

1. engage in a rehearsal (of)

2. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

1. completely free from dirt or contamination

2. immaculately clean and unused

1. repeated heavy blows

2. an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

1. a person afflicted with paranoia

2. suffering from paranoia

1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

2. make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

1. intellectually productive

2. bearing in abundance especially offspring

1. an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

1. any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

2. make impossible, especially beforehand

1. inflicting punishment

1. a small book usually having a paper cover

2. a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet

1. a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)

2. make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document

1. a very brief moment

2. a very small spot

1. tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

1. a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

1. a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies

2. having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

1. the principles and methods of instruction

2. the profession of a teacher

1. a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

1. a check issued in payment of wages or salary

1. an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity

1. any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves

1. consisting of fine particles

1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

1. capable of or suitable for being played or played on

1. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

2. begging

1. situated nearest to point of attachment or origin

1. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

2. an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-

1. declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles

2. state or announce

1. a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

1. rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution

1. any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads

1. a companion at play

1. the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it

1. eminent beyond or above comparison

1. a shop where pizzas are made and sold

1. not causing physical or psychological pain

2. requiring little hard work or exertion

1. constitution of the human body

2. alternative names for the body of a human being

1. arousing affect

2. keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

1. hold back to a later time

1. large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

2. flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

1. in a polite manner

1. incited, especially deliberately, to anger

1. an introduction to a play

1. extreme excess

1. that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

2. the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

1. fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

2. persist in working hard

1. the output of a computer in printed form

1. a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head

1. be an inhabitant of or reside in

2. fill with inhabitants

1. all the gods of a religion

2. a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes

1. discretion in practical affairs

2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

1. of or relating to speech sounds

2. of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds

1. people in general considered as a whole

1. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

2. resistant to guidance or discipline

1. loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object

2. a small hole made by a sharp object

1. from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

2. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

1. not clear to the understanding

2. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

1. full of or giving praise

1. densely populated

1. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

1. time for play or diversion

1. relating to or lying near the palate

2. of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives

1. belonging to or inherited from one's father

2. characteristic of a father

1. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

1. professional care for the feet and toenails

2. care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.

1. an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation

1. by necessity; by force of circumstance

1. a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings

1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

1. small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the feet

1. (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases

1. fraught with danger

1. the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

1. any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

1. someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite

1. an exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass

2. a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth

1. the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. the occupation of a pilot

1. something many people believe that is false

2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal

2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

1. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

2. (medicine) can be felt by palpation

1. a member of a panel

1. the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

1. a thermosetting resin

1. a strong liking

1. free from physical desire

1. the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome

1. (informal) small and of little importance

1. a recklessly extravagant consumer

2. recklessly wasteful

1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

1. the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line

2. the manner in which something is expressed in words

1. soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

1. a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc)

1. someone who tries to bring peace

2. anything that serves to pacify

1. a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

2. bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain

1. money that you currently expect to pay on notes and accounts

1. filled or impregnated with perfume

2. having a natural fragrance

1. associated with the priesthood or priests

2. befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood

1. stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing

2. a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing

1. a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or white mane and tail

1. any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped

1. the act of giving a false appearance

2. pretending with intention to deceive

1. external sex organ

1. a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

2. a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays

1. cooking in simmering liquid

1. of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium

1. thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

2. be overcome by a sudden fear

1. a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes

1. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

2. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

1. someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

2. opposed to war

1. a person active in party politics

1. a theatrical program

1. surround with a wall in order to fortify

2. fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

1. slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

2. the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)

1. predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

2. deliver a sermon

1. the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows

2. a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)

1. acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed

1. a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail

1. able to be passed or traversed or crossed

2. about average; acceptable

1. of or relating to or involving posture

1. spread or diffuse through

2. pass through

1. a power tool used to buff surfaces

1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

1. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door

1. plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative

1. the act of selling goods for a living

1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

1. of or relating to poetry

2. characteristic of or befitting poetry

1. ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

2. having the rank of or befitting a prince

1. any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots

1. someone whose occupation is printing

2. a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally

2. a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

1. of or relating to phonemes of a particular language

2. by phonemics

1. a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

1. the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

2. the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

1. a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal

1. perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

2. a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim

1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

1. someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

1. a false or unsupportable quality

2. an artful or simulated semblance

1. a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

1. ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

1. reading carefully with intent to remember

1. of or relating to the chest or thorax

2. either of two large muscles of the chest

1. any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

1. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion

1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

1. inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer)

1. the flues and stops on a pipe organ

1. capable of being demonstrated or proved

1. the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

2. the occupation of a pilot

1. a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve

1. of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing

1. a ghostly appearing figure

2. something existing in perception only

1. to push against gently

2. urge on; cause to act

1. (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow

1. a window in a ship or airplane

2. an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

1. of a color intermediate between red and blue

1. a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)

1. a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment

1. the branch of Christian theology devoted to the refutation of errors

1. any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

1. the keeper of a public house

1. a composer of sacred songs

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor)

2. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

1. the inventor to whom a patent is issued

1. decorate with panels

2. select from a list

1. a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

2. (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)

1. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

2. hard monotonous routine work

1. used especially of mail; paid in advance

1. a boy who sells or delivers newspapers

1. extend out or project in space

2. bulge outward

1. make powerless and unable to function

2. cause to be paralyzed and immobile

1. a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources

2. a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work

1. a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing

1. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

1. the seed-producing cone of a pine tree

1. support by placing against something solid or rigid

1. a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic

1. a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

1. relating to or being a palace

2. suitable for or like a palace

1. a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!

1. an intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.)

1. near or relating to the patella or kneecap

1. a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

1. a person who speaks more than one language

2. having a command of or composed in many languages

1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something

1. admitting of passage or entrance

1. in an obvious and provable manner

1. of or relating to the perineum

1. a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide

1. a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board

1. flesh of young or small pike

2. any of several North American species of small pike