8-letter words containing a, p, o, m
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- pashadom — the office or territory of a pasha
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- penwoman — a female writer
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
- photomap — a mosaic of aerial photographs marked as a map, with grid lines, place-names, etc.
- 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.
- picogram — one trillionth of a gram. Abbreviation: pg.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- pivotman — a pivot (def 7b).
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- plumbago — graphite.
- pockmark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- poematic — relating to or resembling poetry
- pointman — soldier who walks at the front of an infantry patrol in combat
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- pomander — a mixture of aromatic substances, often in the form of a ball, formerly carried on the person as a supposed guard against infection but now placed in closets, dressers, etc.
- pompeian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- pomwater — a kind of sharp-tasting apple
- poppadom — A poppadom is a very thin circular crisp made from a mixture of flour and water, which is fried in oil. Poppadoms are usually eaten with Indian food.
- pornomag — pornographic magazine
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- pow camp — Prisoner of War camp: a place where soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war are kept as prisoners until the end of the war
- 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.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- proforma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- 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.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- 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.