8-letter words containing l, o, a, r
- overalls — overalls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
- overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
- 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
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palpator — a type of beetle with long maxillary appendages
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- paralogy — false reasoning
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- pastoral — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- pastorly — of or relating to a pastor
- patronal — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- pavlodar — a city in NE Kazakhstan.
- 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
- 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.
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.