8-letter words containing a, l, o, p
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- pourable — able to be poured
- pozzolan — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- preallot — to allot in advance
- 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.
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prolabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- 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.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propanol — a colourless alcohol
- proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- ps-algol — Persistent ALGOL. ca 1981, released 1985. A derivative of S-ALGOL. Database capability derived from the longevity of data. "The PS- Algol Reference Manual", TR PPR-12-85, CS Dept, U Glasgow 1985. IBM PC version available from CS Dept, U Strathclyde, Glasgow.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- puzzolan — pozzolana.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- reproval — the act of reproving.
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- roleplay — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- ropeable — ropable.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sapropel — mud consisting chiefly of decomposed organic matter formed at the bottom of a stagnant sea or lake.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.