8-letter words containing a, s, p, o
- 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
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- 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.
- pop star — a famous singer or musician who performs pop music
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- post-bag — mailbag.
- post-war — following a major conflict
- postages — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- 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.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- 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.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- potatoes — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- programs — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- prosaism — prosaic character or style.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.