8-letter words containing a, l, o, p
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
- flagpole — a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flat top — an aircraft carrier.
- flat-top — an aircraft carrier.
- flattops — Plural form of flattop.
- fog lamp — a powerful light for use in foggy conditions, usually positioned low down on the front or rear of a road vehicle
- foolscap — a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- foreplay — sexual stimulation of one's partner, usually as a prelude to sexual intercourse.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- galapago — the Galapagos giant tortoise
- gallipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- galloped — Simple past tense and past participle of gallop.
- galloper — One who gallops.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
- galopade — a lively round dance in duple time.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- glowlamp — An aphlogistic lamp.
- goalpost — a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
- halophil — Halobacterium.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- hexapole — (physics) Anything having six poles or electrodes.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- jalapeno — a hot green or orange-red pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum, used especially in Mexican cooking.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- kalliope — calliope (def 2).
- kamloops — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lamp oil — kerosene.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- lampoons — Plural form of lampoon.
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.