8-letter words containing a, l, o, p
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leopardi — Count Giacomo [jah-kuh-moh;; Italian jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kəˌmoʊ;; Italian ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1837, Italian poet.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- levodopa — a synthetic substance, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , that is converted in the brain to dopamine: used chiefly in the treatment of parkinsonism.
- lin piao — Lin Biao.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lipoidal — resembling fat; fatty
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- loopback — The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
- lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megaflop — A unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- modula-p — "Modula-P: A Language for Parallel Programming Definition and Implementation on a Transputer Network", R. Hoffart et al, IEEE Conf Comp Langs 1992.
- moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nonpapal — not of or related to the pope
- nonpolar — containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- off plan — (of a new building) considered with reference to its plans, before it has been built
- oil lamp — lamp that burns fuel
- oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- olongapo — a port in the Philippines, on SW Luzon.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- omphalo- — navel, umbilicus
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- oom paul — Stephanus Johannes Paulus [ste-fah-nœs yoh-hah-nuh s poh-lœs] /stɛˈfɑ nœs yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈpoʊ lœs/ (Show IPA), ("Oom Paul") 1825–1904, South African statesman: president of the Transvaal 1883–1900.
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.