8-letter words containing e, a, r, l, o
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overfall — A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- overgall — to make sore all over
- overglad — too glad
- overhaul — to make necessary repairs on; restore to serviceable condition: My car was overhauled by an expert mechanic.
- overlade — to overload (usually used in past participle overladen): a table overladen with rich food.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overland — by land; on terrain: to travel overland rather than by sea.
- overlard — to cover with lard
- overlate — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- overleaf — on the other side of the page or sheet.
- overleap — to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
- overload — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- oversail — a projection
- oversale — the selling of more than is available
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overzeal — an excess of zeal
- parabole — a simile
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- per-oral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polestar — Polaris.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- portable — portability
- pourable — able to be poured
- preallot — to allot in advance
- 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.
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prolapse — Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.
- prometal — a type of cast iron with high heat resistance
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- 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.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.