8-letter words containing a, m, l
- 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.
- outgleam — to gleam more than
- oz-email — (company) An Internet access provider. Address: Sydney, Australia.
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- 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 bay — a town in E Florida.
- 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.
- palmated — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palmdale — a city in SW California.
- palmette — a conventionalized shape in the form of palmately spread leaves or sections, used as ornamentation. Compare anthemion, lotus (def 5).
- palmetto — any of various palms having fan-shaped leaves, as of the genera Sabal, Serenoa, and Thrinax.
- palmgren — Selim [sel-im,, sey-lim;; Finnish se-lim] /ˈsɛl ɪm,, ˈseɪ lɪm;; Finnish ˈsɛ lɪm/ (Show IPA), 1878–1951, Finnish pianist and composer.
- palmiped — a web-footed bird
- palmitic — of or derived from palmitic acid.
- palmitin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 1 H 9 8 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.
- palmlike — resembling a palm
- 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.
- paludism — malaria.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- pamplona — a city in N Spain.
- panislam — all of Islam or the Muslim world
- papalism — the papal system.
- pascal-m — ["Pascal-m: A Language for Loosely Coupled Distributed Systems", S. Abramsky et al in Distributed Computing Systems, Y. Paker et al eds, Academic Press 1986, pp. 163-189].
- paspalum — any of various grasses of the genus Paspalum of Australia and New Zealand having wide leaves
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- perelman — S(idney) J(oseph) 1904–79, U.S. author.
- pessimal — /pes'im-l/ (Latin-based antonym for "optimal") Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also "pessimise" To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED.
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- petaluma — a city in W California, N of San Francisco.
- 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
- placeman — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- placemat — Placemats are mats that are put on a table before a meal for people to put their plates or bowls on.
- placemen — a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- plaidman — a native of the Highlands of Scotland, being a person who wears plaid
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- plateasm — the practice of talking with the mouth open too wide
- plateman — a person who makes and sells plate armour
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.