8-letter words containing n, o, p, l
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- poyntill — pointel.
- pozzolan — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- 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.
- prolonge — a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
- 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
- propenol — an organic compound used to make allyl alcohol
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- propylon — propylaeum.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- psilocin — a psilocybin metabolite with strong hallucinogenic potency, produced after ingestion of the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pulldown — a mechanism that intermittently advances the film through the film gate of a camera or projector.
- pulmonic — pulmonary.
- puzzolan — pozzolana.
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
- slopping — to spill or splash (liquid).
- snoopily — in a prying or snooping manner
- snowplow — an implement or machine for clearing away snow from highways, railroad tracks, etc.
- snowslip — a body of snow that slips down a mountain; an avalanche
- soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
- splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoonful — as much as a spoon can hold.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- 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
- syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- talapoin — a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- tarnopol — Ternopol.
- ternopol — a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- tholepin — thole1
- topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- uncouple — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
- unipolar — Also, homopolar. Physics. having or pertaining to a single magnetic or electric pole.
- unlopped — (of a branch, tree, plant, shoot, etc) not chopped off
- unpeople — to deprive of people; depopulate.
- unplowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect