8-letter words containing a, p, l, e, o
- pantofle — a slipper.
- papulose — having papules
- parabole — a simile
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- pea coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from about 3/8 to about 13/16 inch (1 to 2 cm).
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
- per-oral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petaflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of 1015 floating-point operations a second
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petalous — having petals.
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plottage — the area within or comprising a plot of land.
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- poleaxed — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- polestar — Polaris.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- pollable — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- ponderal — relating to weight
- populace — the common people of a community, nation, etc., as distinguished from the higher classes.
- populate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- portable — portability
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- 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
- 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.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- 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
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- 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.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.