8-letter words containing a, l, o, p
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calpolli — A subdivision of an altepetl; a
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- capicola — A traditional Neapolitan-Italian cold cut made from pork shoulder or neck and dry-cured whole.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- car pool — A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.
- car-pool — Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- carpools — Plural form of carpool.
- cephalo- — indicating the head
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- clodpate — A blockhead; a dolt or fool.
- coal pit — a pit where coal is dug.
- coal pot — a cooking device using charcoal, consisting of a raised iron bowl and a central grid
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- compital — (of the shrine of a domestic god) located at a crossroads
- complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- coplanar — lying in the same plane
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copyable — able to be copied
- corporal — A corporal is a non-commissioned officer in the army or United States Marines.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cyclopia — a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.
- de plano — without argument.
- diplomas — Plural form of diploma.
- diplomat — a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
- diplopia — a pathological condition of vision in which a single object appears double (opposed to haplopia).
- disposal — availability for use
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.