8-letter words containing l, o, a, r
- play for — sport: represent, be on the side of
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polaroid — instant photograph
- polestar — Polaris.
- poleward — Also, polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- polypary — the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- ponderal — relating to weight
- poor law — a law or system of laws providing for the relief or support of the poor at public expense.
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- portaloo — a portable toilet
- portland — a seaport in NW Oregon, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
- portlast — the gunnel of a ship
- portolan — a book of sailing charts with notations on coasts, harbours, etc
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- 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.
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- prolabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- 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
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propanol — a colourless alcohol
- proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- prosomal — relating to a prosoma
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- proviral — relating to a provirus
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- psoralea — any plant of the tropical and subtropical leguminous genus Psoralea, having curly leaves, white or purple flowers, and short one-seeded pods