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8-letter words containing c, i, l, o, p

  • impolicy — The state or act of being impolitic.
  • killcrop — a baby that is always hungry, thought to be a fairy changeling
  • leprotic — Of, or pertaining to leprosy.
  • leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
  • lip lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
  • lip-lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
  • lipocyte — fat cell.
  • liposuck — to subject to liposuction
  • lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
  • listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
  • lockpick — a device that enables a burglar to open a lock.
  • log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
  • lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
  • lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
  • omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
  • opticals — (India) spectacles.
  • pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • pci slot — (hardware)   A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
  • percolin — a pain-relieving drug
  • petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
  • phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
  • picklock — a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.
  • 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.
  • picoline — any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine having the formula C 6 H 7 N, obtained from coal tar as a colorless oily liquid with a strong odor.
  • picomole — a trillionth of a mole
  • pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
  • platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
  • pliocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic cooling.
  • plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
  • poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
  • polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
  • poli sci — political science: to major in poli sci.
  • policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
  • policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
  • policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • 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
  • politick — to engage in politicking.
  • politico — a politician.
  • politics — the science or art of political government.
  • poly i:c — a synthetic RNA that promotes the production of interferon in the body
  • poly sci — poli sci
  • polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
  • polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
  • polyenic — relating to a polyene
  • polyzoic — (of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
  • popsicle — ice lolly
  • postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
  • poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
  • proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
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