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8-Letter Words Starting with P (41 words)
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8-Letter Words (41):
paperboy (17 points)
Early morning biker, maybe
Kid on a bike (wordplay)
News caster (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
passerby (15 points)
Spectator not stopping (wordplay)
Man in the street
Non-stop walker
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
patently (13 points)
How obvious? Very much so!
Without a doubt
In an obvious way
P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
peacocky (21 points)
{vain=adj}
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts
peccancy (19 points)
The state of being {peccant=adj}
P·3+E·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
pedagogy (16 points)
Principles and methods of teaching
Educator's forte
Profession of a teacher
P·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 16 pts
pedantry (14 points)
Den party (anagram)
Excessive concern with detail
Display of learning
P·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
pedately (14 points)
In a pedate manner
P·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
peddlery (15 points)
Hawking.
P·3+E·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
pedology (15 points)
The scientific study of children
P·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
penality (13 points)
Liability to punishment
P·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
pendency (16 points)
Undecided state
P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
penology (14 points)
Study of literary tools (wordplay)
Warden wannabe's study
Warden's study.
P·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
perigyny (17 points)
A receptacle developed as an open cup
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
peripety (15 points)
Alternative word for a sudden change of fortune, especially in drama
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
perspiry (15 points)
{sweaty=adj}
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
petalody (14 points)
Condition in flowers
P·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
pettedly (14 points)
Peevishly
P·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
plastery (13 points)
Resembling plaster
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
pleurisy (13 points)
Complaint is purely fabricated
Inflammation of the chest cavity
Disease of the lungs
P·3+L·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
plumbery (17 points)
The work of a plumber
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
politely (13 points)
Good, in a manner of speaking
In a mannerly manner
In a refined manner
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
polysemy (18 points)
Linguistic term for the capacity for one word to have multiple meanings
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+M·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
polyteny (16 points)
The state of being {polytene=adj}
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
potbelly (15 points)
Kitty on the bike? Yes with spare tyre!
Hardly a six-pack? (h,h)
An outstanding corporation (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+T·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
potently (13 points)
Pitch it in in poly form with strength
With great force
With a powerful influence
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
preppily (17 points)
In a preppy manner
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
prettify (16 points)
Gild the lily, maybe
Make superficially attractive
Make dainty in a finical way.
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
prettily (13 points)
One way to smile
In a pleasing way
With grace
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
priestly (13 points)
Clerical writer (not English)
Like some vestments
Like a churchman, as author said
P·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
priggery (15 points)
Smug self-righteousness
Behavior a la Elsie Dinsmore.
Disproportionate moralism: one's fitted up in perjury, beginning and end of it
P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
princely (15 points)
Lavish (like Charles?)
Magnificent or munificent
Like some sums
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
printery (13 points)
Publishing shop
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
properly (15 points)
In a seemly way
In the right way
According to Miss Manners
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
property (15 points)
Owned item(s)
Possessions (and a tax)
A characteristic of houses, say
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
prophecy (20 points)
Perhaps that's all for the telling
Divine message of what is to come
Oracle's stock-in-trade
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+Y·4 = 20 pts
prophesy (18 points)
See what's in the cards, maybe
Reveal through divine inspiration
Foretell - portend
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
provenly (16 points)
Without doubt
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
psaltery (13 points)
Plucked instrument; play rest (anagram)
Dulcimer's kin
Dulcimer's cousin
P·3+S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
pungency (16 points)
Limburger cheese quality
Sharp strong taste
Sharp and strong taste or smell
P·3+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
puppetry (17 points)
Art of manipulation (wordplay)
Handy work in a theater (wordplay)
Show of hands (wordplay)
P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

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