8-letter words starting with PL
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter PL. This section showcases how PL at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with PL, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| pleasure | 10 | a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | he was tingling with pleasure |
| planning | 11 | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties |
| pleasant | 10 | affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings | we had a pleasant evening together |
| platform | 15 | a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole | - |
| planting | 11 | a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area | the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner |
| plumbing | 15 | utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage | - |
| platinum | 12 | 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 | - |
| pleasing | 11 | giving pleasure and satisfaction | a pleasing piece of news |
| plankton | 14 | the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - |
| pleading | 12 | begging | - |
| playtime | 15 | time for play or diversion | - |
| platypus | 15 | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | - |
| playback | 21 | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
| platonic | 12 | free from physical desire | platonic love |
| plastics | 12 | - | - |
| placenta | 12 | that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form | - |
| playbook | 19 | a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene |
| plunging | 12 | - | - |
| playmate | 15 | a companion at play | - |
| plantain | 10 | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics | - |
| plugging | 13 | - | - |
| pledging | 13 | - | - |
| pleiades | 11 | a star cluster in the constellation Taurus | - |
| ploughed | 15 | (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow | - |
| playroom | 15 | a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) | - |
| playgirl | 14 | - | - |
| platelet | 10 | tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting | - |
| plethora | 13 | extreme excess | - |
| playlist | 13 | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio | - |
| plaguing | 12 | - | - |
| plebeian | 12 | of or associated with the great masses of people | his square plebeian nose |
| plateful | 13 | the quantity contained in a plate | - |
| pleurisy | 13 | inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer) | - |
| planchet | 15 | a flat metal disk ready for stamping as a coin | - |
| plodding | 13 | (of movement) slow and laborious | - |
| plopping | 15 | - | - |
| plectrum | 14 | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | - |
| plutonic | 12 | of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro | - |
| planking | 15 | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - |
| playbill | 15 | a theatrical program | he couldn't find her name on the playbill |
| pleating | 11 | the act of folding in parallel folds | - |
| pliocene | 12 | from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals | - |
| placidly | 16 | in a quiet and tranquil manner | the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes |
| playable | 15 | capable of or suitable for being played or played on | a playable lie in golf |
| pleonasm | 12 | using more words than necessary | - |
| plumping | 15 | very large; of exceptional size for its kind | won by a plumping majority |
| placable | 14 | easily calmed or pacified | - |
| placably | 17 | - | - |
| placards | 13 | - | - |
| placated | 13 | - | - |
| placater | 12 | - | - |
| placates | 12 | - | - |
| placcate | 14 | - | - |
| placcats | 14 | - | - |
| placebos | 14 | - | - |
| placeman | 14 | a disparaging term for an appointee | - |
| placemat | 14 | - | - |
| placemen | 14 | - | - |
| placider | 13 | - | - |
| placings | 13 | - | - |
| placitum | 14 | - | - |
| plackets | 16 | - | - |
| placoids | 13 | - | - |
| plafonds | 14 | - | - |
| plagiary | 14 | - | - |
| plagiums | 13 | - | - |
| plaguers | 11 | - | - |
| plaguier | 11 | - | - |
| plaguily | 14 | in a disagreeable manner | - |
| plaiding | 12 | - | - |
| plaidman | 13 | - | - |
| plaidmen | 13 | - | - |
| plainant | 10 | - | - |
| plainest | 10 | - | - |
| plainful | 13 | - | - |
| plaining | 11 | - | - |
| plainish | 13 | - | - |
| plaister | 10 | - | - |
| plaiters | 10 | - | - |
| plaiting | 11 | - | - |
| planaria | 10 | free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts | - |
| planched | 16 | - | - |
| planches | 15 | - | - |
| planetic | 12 | - | - |
| planform | 15 | - | - |
| plangent | 11 | loud and resounding | plangent bells |
| plankter | 14 | - | - |
| planktic | 16 | - | - |
| planless | 10 | aimlessly drifting | - |
| planners | 10 | - | - |
| planosol | 10 | - | - |
| plantage | 11 | - | - |
| planters | 10 | - | - |
| plantlet | 10 | a young plant or a small plant | - |
| plantule | 10 | - | - |
| planulae | 10 | - | - |
| planular | 10 | - | - |
| planuria | 10 | - | - |
| plapping | 15 | - | - |
| plashers | 13 | - | - |
| plashets | 13 | - | - |
| plashier | 13 | - | - |
| plashing | 14 | - | - |
| plasmids | 13 | - | - |
| plasmins | 12 | - | - |
| plasmoid | 13 | - | - |
| plasmons | 12 | - | - |
| plasters | 10 | - | - |
| plastery | 13 | - | - |
| plastids | 11 | - | - |
| plastral | 10 | - | - |
| plastron | 10 | a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest | - |
| plastrum | 12 | - | - |
| platanes | 10 | - | - |
| platanna | 10 | - | - |
| platband | 13 | - | - |
| plateasm | 12 | - | - |
| plateaus | 10 | - | - |
| plateaux | 17 | - | - |
| plateman | 12 | - | - |
| platemen | 12 | - | - |
| platiest | 10 | - | - |
| platinas | 10 | - | - |
| platings | 11 | - | - |
| platinic | 12 | - | - |
| platoons | 10 | - | - |
| platters | 10 | - | - |
| platting | 11 | - | - |
| platysma | 15 | either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve; extends from lower jaw to clavicle and is involved in moving the mouth and jaw | - |
| plaudite | 11 | - | - |
| plaudits | 11 | enthusiastic approval | he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd |
| plausive | 13 | expressing or manifesting praise or approval | - |
| playacts | 15 | - | - |
| playboys | 18 | - | - |
| playdate | 14 | - | - |
| playdays | 17 | - | - |
| playdown | 17 | - | - |
| playgoer | 14 | someone who attends the theater | - |
| playings | 14 | - | - |
| playland | 14 | - | - |
| playless | 13 | - | - |
| playlets | 13 | - | - |
| playlike | 17 | - | - |
| playoffs | 19 | - | - |
| playpens | 15 | - | - |
| playsets | 13 | - | - |
| playslip | 15 | - | - |
| playsome | 15 | - | - |
| playsuit | 13 | a sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse | - |
| playwear | 16 | - | - |
| pleached | 16 | - | - |
| pleaches | 15 | - | - |
| pleaders | 11 | - | - |
| pleasers | 10 | - | - |
| pleaseth | 13 | - | - |
| pleaters | 10 | - | - |
| pleather | 13 | - | - |
| plebbier | 14 | - | - |
| plectres | 12 | - | - |
| plectron | 12 | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | - |
| pledgees | 12 | - | - |
| pledgeor | 12 | - | - |
| pledgers | 12 | - | - |
| pledgets | 12 | - | - |
| pledgors | 12 | - | - |
| plenarty | 13 | - | - |
| plenches | 15 | - | - |
| plenipos | 12 | - | - |
| plenisms | 12 | - | - |
| plenists | 10 | - | - |
| plenties | 10 | - | - |
| pleonast | 10 | - | - |
| pleopods | 13 | - | - |
| plerions | 10 | - | - |
| pleromas | 12 | - | - |
| pleromes | 12 | - | - |
| plessors | 10 | - | - |
| pleuched | 16 | - | - |
| pleughed | 15 | - | - |
| pleuston | 10 | - | - |
| plexures | 17 | - | - |
| plexuses | 17 | - | - |
| pliantly | 13 | - | - |
| plicated | 13 | - | - |
| plicates | 12 | - | - |
| plighted | 15 | - | - |
| plighter | 14 | - | - |
| plimming | 15 | - | - |
| plimsole | 12 | - | - |
| plimsoll | 12 | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded | - |
| plimsols | 12 | - | - |
| plinging | 12 | - | - |
| plinkers | 14 | - | - |
| plinkier | 14 | - | - |
| plinking | 15 | - | - |
| pliofilm | 15 | - | - |
| pliosaur | 10 | - | - |
| pliotron | 10 | - | - |
| pliskier | 14 | - | - |
| pliskies | 14 | - | - |
| ploating | 11 | - | - |
| plodders | 12 | - | - |
| plodging | 13 | - | - |
| plogging | 13 | - | - |
| ploidies | 11 | - | - |
| plonging | 12 | - | - |
| plonkers | 14 | - | - |
| plonkier | 14 | - | - |
| plonking | 15 | - | - |
| plookier | 14 | - | - |
| plosions | 10 | - | - |
| plosives | 13 | - | - |
| plotless | 10 | - | - |
| plotline | 10 | - | - |
| plottage | 11 | - | - |
| plotters | 10 | - | - |
| plottier | 10 | - | - |
| plotties | 10 | - | - |
| plotting | 11 | - | - |
| plotzing | 20 | - | - |
| plougher | 14 | - | - |
| ploukier | 14 | - | - |
| plouters | 10 | - | - |
| plowable | 15 | - | - |
| plowback | 21 | - | - |
| plowboys | 18 | - | - |
| plowhead | 17 | - | - |
| plowings | 14 | - | - |
| plowland | 14 | arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | - |
| plowtail | 13 | - | - |
| plowters | 13 | - | - |
| plowwise | 16 | - | - |
| pluckers | 16 | - | - |
| pluckier | 16 | - | - |
| pluckily | 19 | in a plucky manner | he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods |
| plucking | 17 | - | - |
| pluffier | 16 | - | - |
| pluffing | 17 | - | - |
| pluggers | 12 | - | - |
| plughole | 14 | a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away) | - |
| plugless | 11 | - | - |
| plugolas | 11 | - | - |
| plugugly | 15 | - | - |
| plumaged | 14 | having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form | fully plumaged young bird |
| plumages | 13 | - | - |
| plumbago | 15 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | - |
| plumbate | 14 | - | - |
| plumbers | 14 | - | - |
| plumbery | 17 | the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) | - |
| plumbism | 16 | toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system | - |
| plumbite | 14 | - | - |
| plumbous | 14 | relating to or consisting of lead | - |
| plumbums | 16 | - | - |
| plumcake | 18 | - | - |
| plumcots | 14 | - | - |
| plumelet | 12 | - | - |
| plumeria | 12 | deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers | - |
| plumiest | 12 | - | - |
| plumiped | 15 | - | - |
| plumists | 12 | - | - |
| plumlike | 16 | resembling a plum fruit | - |
| plummest | 14 | - | - |
| plummets | 14 | - | - |
| plummier | 14 | - | - |
| plumpens | 14 | - | - |
| plumpers | 14 | - | - |
| plumpest | 14 | - | - |
| plumpier | 14 | - | - |
| plumpish | 17 | - | - |
| plumulae | 12 | - | - |
| plumular | 12 | - | - |
| plumules | 12 | - | - |
| plunders | 11 | - | - |
| plungers | 11 | - | - |
| plunkers | 14 | - | - |
| plunkier | 14 | - | - |
| plunking | 15 | - | - |
| plurally | 13 | - | - |
| plurisie | 10 | - | - |
| plusages | 11 | - | - |
| plushest | 13 | - | - |
| plushier | 13 | - | - |
| plushily | 16 | - | - |
| plussage | 11 | - | - |
| plussing | 11 | - | - |
| plutoids | 11 | - | - |
| plutoing | 11 | - | - |
| pluvials | 13 | - | - |
| pluvians | 13 | - | - |
| pluviose | 13 | fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month | - |
| pluvious | 13 | - | - |
| plyingly | 17 | - | - |
| plywoods | 17 | - | - |
