8-letter words containing l, o, p, h
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllody — the abnormal transformation of a floral structure into a foliage leaf.
- phylloid — leaflike.
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- physiol. — physiological
- pie-hole — a person's mouth
- pin-hole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pisolith — a pea-size calcareous concretion, larger than an oolith, aggregates of which constitute a pisolite.
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plughole — drainage hole in sink or bath
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polglish — informal Polish containing a high proportion of words of English origin
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphon — a large clockwork or hand-operated music box
- porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pouchful — the amount (of something) a pouch will hold
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- psychol. — psychological
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- replough — to plough again
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- robohelp — (tool) A Microsoft Windows Help authoring tool from Blue Sky Software. Used with Microsoft Word to create Help files for inclusion in a Windows application or for stand alone use.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shopgirl — a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- slopshop — a store at which cheap, ready-made clothing may be purchased.
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- teleshop — to engage in teleshopping.
- the flop — the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
- the loop — the main business and shopping district in downtown Chicago
- the plow — the constellation Ursa Major
- thiophil — having an attraction to sulphur