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8-Letter Words Starting with P (58 words)
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parakeet (14 points)
One known for talking back (wordplay)
Take pear (anagram)
Budgerigar, for one
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 14 pts
parament (12 points)
An ornamental vestment
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
paraquat (19 points)
Toxic fast-acting herbicide
Toxic, fast-acting herbicide
Water found in some pesticide
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1 = 19 pts
paraquet (19 points)
""A small parrot, also PARAKEET, PAROQUET, PARROKET""
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts
parodist (11 points)
Howard Stern, at times
Mark Russell, for example
Weird Al Yankovic, e.g
P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
paroquet (19 points)
""A small parrot, also PARAKEET, PARAQUET, PARROKET""
P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts
parroket (14 points)
""A small parrot, also PARAKEET, PARAQUET, PAROQUET""
P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+T·1 = 14 pts
passport (12 points)
Stamp collector (wordplay)
What one needs to go beyond Dover say
International stamp collector (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 12 pts
peartest (10 points)
Peart
P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pederast (11 points)
A man who engages in sexual activity with boys
P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
perkiest (14 points)
Most animated
Most lively
Most chipper
P·3+E·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
permeant (12 points)
Saturating.
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
piecrust (12 points)
Cobbler's bottom (wordplay)
Rolled out item
Item for a rolling pin
P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
piedfort (14 points)
""An unusually thick coin, also PIEFORT""
P·3+I·1+E·1+D·2+F·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 14 pts
pilewort (13 points)
Ranunculus ficaria, lesser celandine
P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts
pinkroot (14 points)
""A medicinal plant root, also WORMROOT""
P·3+I·1+N·1+K·5+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 14 pts
pokeroot (14 points)
Coarse herb
P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 14 pts
porkiest (14 points)
Least slender
P·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
portrait (10 points)
Face painting (wordplay)
'Whistler's Mother,' for one
Mona Lisa, for one
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+T·1 = 10 pts
postriot (10 points)
Following a riot
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
praefect (15 points)
""An ancient Roman official, also PREFECT""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 15 pts
praelect (12 points)
""To lecture, also PRELECT""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preadapt (13 points)
Adjust to biological change
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
preadmit (13 points)
Cut down the wait at a hospital, perhaps
Save time at the hospital, maybe
Do advance work at a hospital
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
preadopt (13 points)
To adopt beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 pts
preadult (11 points)
Preceding adulthood [adj] / a person of preadult age
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 11 pts
preallot (10 points)
To allot beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
preaudit (11 points)
Accountant's task
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 11 pts
precinct (14 points)
(E.g. pedestrian) zone
An enclosed area, say around cathedral
Pert C-in-C (anagram)
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1 = 14 pts
preelect (12 points)
Install before November, say
Opt in advance
Choose in advance, as an unopposed candidate
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preenact (12 points)
To enact beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preerect (12 points)
Put up beforehand
Build beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
preexist (17 points)
Sex tripe (anagram)
Have a former life
Be there already
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
prefight (17 points)
Like a boxer's weigh-in
Like some extremely heated interviews
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 17 pts
pregnant (11 points)
Overseeing a child's development, say
Full of life (wordplay)
Ready to drop!
P·3+R·1+E·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
prelimit (12 points)
To limit beforehand
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
preplant (12 points)
Occurring before planting
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
preprint (12 points)
Advance portion of a book or magazine
Article issued in advance of publication
Early publication becomes late one
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
presplit (12 points)
Like some English muffins
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
preterit (10 points)
Signifying past time Gram.
Past tense in grammar
What's past could be prettier
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pretreat (10 points)
Use Shout on, say
Put a stain remover on a garment before putting it in the wash, for example
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts
priciest (12 points)
Like top-shelf liquor
Hardest on the wallet
Setting one back the most
P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
primmest (14 points)
Most like a schoolmarm
Most stiffly proper
Most mannerly
P·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
printout (10 points)
Put on paper, perhaps
Part of some paper trails
Page(s) produced from a computer
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 10 pts
priviest (13 points)
Privy
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
prohibit (15 points)
Ban from bar (wordplay)
Say nay to
Verb from the Latin for "hold back"
P·3+R·1+O·1+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1 = 15 pts
prosaist (10 points)
Certain kind of writer
Dull writer
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
prosiest (10 points)
Prosy
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
prospect (14 points)
Go for the gold (wordplay)
Youngster who could find gold (wordplay)
A golden one, perhaps
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 14 pts
protract (12 points)
Drag out at length
Lengthen in time
Drag it out in favour of region
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
proudest (11 points)
Most delighted (with an achievement)
Most self-satisfied
Most self-respecting
P·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
prurient (10 points)
Obscene play - interrupt endlessly
Given to lewd thoughts
Pruner, it aggravated itching
P·3+R·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
purplest (12 points)
Purple
P·3+U·1+R·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
pursiest (10 points)
Pursy
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pursuant (10 points)
Chasing; put as run (anagram)
Following (with 'to')
According (to)
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
purulent (10 points)
Weeping priest to turn to line (part of Bible)
Let run up rubbish? That's bound to mean infection!
P·3+U·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
pushcart (15 points)
Outdoor vendor's wagon
Vendor's wagon
Street vendor's vehicle
P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
pyrostat (13 points)
Fire-detecting device
Thermostat used at high temperatures
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 pts

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