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8-Letter Words (79):
ladypalm (16 points)
A palm tree
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+P·3+A·1+L·1+M·3 = 16 pts
ladyship (17 points)
Way to address a peeress
Title used to a woman of rank
Respectful address to titled person
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 17 pts
lagnappe (13 points)
Gratuity
L·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1 = 13 pts
lakeport (14 points)
Cleveland or Duluth
Cleveland or Duluth, for example
Chicago or Erie
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
lampases (12 points)
Lampas
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lampions (12 points)
Pots of oil with wicks
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lampoons (12 points)
Pokes funs at showing off man's pool
Aristophanes plays, for example
Hits hard with satire
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lamppost (14 points)
Pole is almost nervous around father
Standard-bearer is light supporter
Third party with you and me
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
lampreys (15 points)
Eellike water animals.
Marsh produced too many of them
Marine blood-suckers
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 15 pts
lampyrid (16 points)
Any of a family of beetles
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 16 pts
landskip (15 points)
A landscape
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+K·5+I·1+P·3 = 15 pts
landslip (11 points)
The earth moved (wordplay)
It will slide down a hill and spill out
Island formed in record earth movement
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3 = 11 pts
lapboard (13 points)
Portable writing surface
Tabletop for the legs
Work surface akin to a table.
L·1+A·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lapelled (11 points)
Having a lapel
L·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
lapidary (14 points)
Artist who makes cameos
Expert on cutting and polishing gems
I cut start of race run during day
L·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
lapidate (11 points)
Stone to death.
Stone
L·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lapidify (17 points)
To turn to stone
L·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
lapidist (11 points)
""An expert in gems, also LAPIDARY""
L·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
lapillus (10 points)
A small fragment of lava
L·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lappered (13 points)
Lapper
L·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lappeted (13 points)
Having flaps, as headgear
L·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lapsable (12 points)
Able to be lapsed
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lapsible (12 points)
Able to be lapsed
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lapwings (14 points)
Plovers with slow, irregular flight.
Types of plover
Crested plovers
L·1+A·1+P·3+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts
larkspur (14 points)
Incentive to romp in a bed (wordplay)
Flower also called delphinium
Delphinium, by another name
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1 = 14 pts
larruped (11 points)
Pounded the stuffing out of
Beat: Colloq.
How Laurence got beaten, along with a prude
L·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
larruper (10 points)
One who {larrups=v}
L·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
leapfrog (14 points)
Spring activity for the kids (wordplay)
Spring game (wordplay)
Golfer foolishly accepts a quiet game
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+F·4+R·1+O·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lempiras (12 points)
Lempira
L·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
leopards (11 points)
Black-spotted cats
They don't change their spots
Preyers on antelopes
L·1+E·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts
lepidote (11 points)
Scaly, to a botanist.
Scaly
L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
leporids (11 points)
Leporid
L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts
leporine (10 points)
Resembling a rabbit
Like a hare
Resembling a horse
L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
leprotic (12 points)
""Affected with leprosy, also LEPROUS, LEPROSE""
L·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
leptonic (12 points)
Pertaining to a {lepton=n}
L·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
levodopa (14 points)
A type of drug to treat Parkinson's disease
L·1+E·1+V·4+O·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+A·1 = 14 pts
lickspit (16 points)
A fawning person
L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1 = 16 pts
lilliput (10 points)
Flower, say, planted in imaginary land
Small town (wordplay)
Land with a small population (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+U·1+T·1 = 10 pts
limpidly (16 points)
Rascal in idyll messing clearly
In a clear manner
L·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
limpkins (16 points)
Birds that resemble bitterns
L·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 16 pts
limpness (12 points)
Lack of stiffness
Unappealing handshake quality
Pens slim novel? Suggests it's a touch handy and by no means hard!
L·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
limpsier (12 points)
Limpsey
L·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
linchpin (15 points)
Indispensable person or thing (I, not Y)
Long distance badge for one essential
It keeps wheel in position on axle
L·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lipocyte (15 points)
A fat-producing cell
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lipoidal (11 points)
Resembling a {lipoid=n}
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
lipomata (12 points)
Lipoma
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+A·1 = 12 pts
liposome (12 points)
A microscopic globule composed of lipids
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
lippened (13 points)
Lippen
L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lippered (13 points)
Lipper
L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
lippiest (12 points)
Displaying the most sass
L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
lippings (13 points)
Lipping
L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts
lipstick (16 points)
Mouth paint (wordplay)
Drawer of Cupid's bow (wordplay)
Collar stain (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
liripipe (12 points)
Old clerical scarf
Headdress streamer
L·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
livetrap (13 points)
Possum catcher, for example
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+P·3 = 13 pts
lockstep (16 points)
... by a safecracker (wordplay)
Rigidly inflexible process
A type of march.
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+T·1+E·1+P·3 = 16 pts
logotype (14 points)
Company symbol
Company identifier
Printing block
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
logotypy (17 points)
The use of logotypes
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
lollipop (12 points)
Sweet noted for 5 (wordplay)
Sweet for suckers (wordplay)
Sweet ship? That's good (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+P·3 = 12 pts
lolloped (11 points)
Lounged
L·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
lollypop (15 points)
Confection
L·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+O·1+P·3 = 15 pts
longship (14 points)
Yearns to get cool boat
Viking boat
Viking craft
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 14 pts
longspur (11 points)
Bird with brownish plumage
Arctic bird
North American bird with brownish plumage
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
loophole (13 points)
Flaw in the law (wordplay)
Cloakroom staff blocking hotel escape
Clever lawyer's find
L·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
loopiest (10 points)
Superlatively dizzy, dishes in the dosh
L·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
loppered (13 points)
Lopper
L·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
loppiest (12 points)
Loppy
L·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
lopsided (12 points)
Did slope make play unequal (wordplay)
Ill-balanced poles did topple
Odd piles set at an angle
L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
lopstick (16 points)
""A tree with its lower branches trimmed, also LOBSTICK""
L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
lordship (14 points)
Term of respect in the U.K
Address for a nobleman
Title of peers.
L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3 = 14 pts
lumpfish (18 points)
Fish with edible roe
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
lumpiest (12 points)
Least smooth, as mashed potatoes
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
lupanars (10 points)
Lupanar
L·1+U·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lupulins (10 points)
Lupulin
L·1+U·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lycopene (15 points)
Colorant of tomatoes and watermelons
Chemical that gives tomatoes their red color
L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lycopods (16 points)
Lycopod
L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
lymphoid (19 points)
Of a body fluid
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 19 pts
lymphoma (20 points)
Form of cancer
Mom haply has a form of cancer
Mom haply has a strange form of cancer
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+M·3+A·1 = 20 pts
lynchpin (18 points)
Keystone, for example variable
Person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization
Hang picture - the first at home, of person vital to the business
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
lyophile (16 points)
Pertaining to a type of colloid
L·1+Y·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts

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