8-letter words containing a, p, o, i, n
- poaching — the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
- poignant — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- pointman — soldier who walks at the front of an infantry patrol in combat
- polabian — a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- pompeian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- ponytail — an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely.
- popinjay — a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- potation — the act of drinking.
- potentia — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- 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.
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- 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
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- talapoin — a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- topazine — like topaz
- tropaion — a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- unipolar — Also, homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
- vaporing — that gives forth vapor.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.