8-letter words containing e, l, o, p
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- liposome — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- lolloped — Simple past tense and past participle of lollop.
- loophole — a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- louse up — any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- loved-up — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megaflop — A unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- monopole — magnetic monopole.
- napoleon — (Louis Napoleon; Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1808–73, president of France 1848–52, emperor of France 1852–70 (nephew of Napoleon I).
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
- octopole — (physics) A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- octuplet — a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
- octuplex — relating to a form of telegraphy in which eight communications can be sent along one wire at the same time
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- omoplate — the shoulder blade
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalized — made into an opal
- opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- openable — capable of being opened.
- openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
- openhole — Openhole describes an uncased (=having no casing or liner) part of a well.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- oppilate — to stop up; fill with obstructing matter; obstruct.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outsleep — to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- outspell — to surpass at spelling
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.