8-letter words containing n, o, s, p
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pensione — an Italian boarding house or small hotel
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- 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.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- phonemes — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phosgene — a poisonous, colorless, very volatile liquid or suffocating gas, COCl 2 , a chemical-warfare compound: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- pi meson — pion.
- pignolis — pine nut (def 1).
- pin-spot — to illuminate with a pin spot.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- planosol — a type of intrazonal soil of humid or subhumid uplands having a strongly leached upper layer overlying a clay hardpan
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- polonism — a Polish characteristic or sense of identity
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- ponselle — Rosa (Melba) 1897–1981, U.S. soprano.
- pontoise — a department in N France. 482 sq. mi. (1248 sq. km). Capital: Pontoise.
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- poorness — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- pop song — a song played by a pop group
- poriness — the state or condition of being porous; porosity
- porniest — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- posingly — in a posing manner
- positing — to place, put, or set.
- position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- positron — an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- postsync — postsynchronization
- postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
- potstone — a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.