8-letter words containing a, l, m, o
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- palm off — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- palm oil — a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palometa — a pompano, Trachinotus goodei, of tropical and temperate Atlantic seas, having long, tapering fins.
- palomino — a horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, and often white markings on the face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.
- pamplona — a city in N Spain.
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- plumbago — graphite.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- premolar — situated in front of the molar teeth.
- premoral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- qualcomm — (company) A California-based technology company; their primary product is the OMNITRACS tractor-trailer-tracking system. They also develop the free and commercial versions of Eudora for Macintosh and IBM PC.
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- remolade — rémoulade.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- saleroom — Chiefly British. salesroom (def 2).
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- scolioma — an abnormal curving of the spine
- semioval — shaped like half of an oval
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- slalomer — a person who slaloms
- slot man — copyeditor (def 3).
- smallboy — the steward's assistant or deputy steward in European households in W Africa
- smallpox — an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs.
- smokable — suitable for being smoked.
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.