8-letter words containing a, p, o, l, s
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- palazzos — women's pants with wide legs that flare broadly at the ankle
- paleosol — a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pangloss — a person who views a situation with unwarranted optimism
- papulose — having papules
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- pastoral — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastorly — of or relating to a pastor
- patulous — open; gaping; expanded.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petalous — having petals.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- planosol — a type of intrazonal soil of humid or subhumid uplands having a strongly leached upper layer overlying a clay hardpan
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- 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)
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polestar — Polaris.
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- 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.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- 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.
- 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.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.