8-letter words containing e, s, p, a, o
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- jalopies — Plural form of jalopy.
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- joe soap — a person who is regarded as unintelligent and imposed upon as a stooge or scapegoat
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- leopards — Plural form of leopard.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- 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.
- notepads — Plural form of notepad.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open sea — the main body of a sea or ocean, especially the part that is outside territorial waters and not enclosed, or partially enclosed, by land.
- opencast — (chiefly, British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed.
- operands — Plural form of operand.
- operants — Plural form of operant.
- operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- overpass — a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- paleosol — a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- papooses — a North American Indian baby or young child.
- papulose — having papules
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- passcode — password (def 2).
- passmore — George. Born 1943, a British artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with Gilbert Proesch
- passover — Also called Pesach, Pesah. a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- paste-on — that can be pasted or stuck on: canning jars with paste-on labels.
- pastored — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pea soup — a thick soup made from split peas.
- peasecod — the pod of the pea.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- pergamos — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- petalous — having petals.
- petrosal — of, relating to, or situated near the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.