8-letter words containing o, i, l, e
- overkill — the capacity of a nation to destroy, by nuclear weapons, more of an enemy than would be necessary for a military victory.
- overlaid — simple past tense of overlie.
- overlain — past participle of overlie.
- overlied — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- overlier — someone or something that overlies
- overline — a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
- overlive — to live longer than (another person)
- overmild — too mild
- overmilk — to milk too much
- oversail — a projection
- overslip — to leave out; miss.
- overtoil — to work too hard
- overveil — to cover over
- overwily — too crafty
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- oz-email — (company) An Internet access provider. Address: Sydney, Australia.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- pelorism — a floral mutation involving the formation of peloric flowers
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- pemoline — a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
- peopling — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
- petiolar — of, relating to, or growing from a petiole.
- petrillo — James Caesar, 1892–1984, U.S. labor leader: president of the American Federation of Musicians 1940–58.
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philomel — the nightingale.
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- picoline — any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine having the formula C 6 H 7 N, obtained from coal tar as a colorless oily liquid with a strong odor.
- picomole — a trillionth of a mole
- pie-hole — a person's mouth
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pilewort — Also called fireweed. a weedy composite plant, Erechtites hieracifolia, having narrow flower heads enclosed in green bracts.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- 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.
- pisolite — limestone composed of rounded concretions about the size of a pea.
- pistolet — a small gun
- plimsole — a canvas shoe with a rubber sole; gym shoe; sneaker.
- pliocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic cooling.
- plotline — The plotline of a book, film, or play is its plot and the way in which it develops.
- pluviose — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fifth month of the year, extending from January 20 to February 18.
- poetical — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- poetlike — resembling a poet
- polarise — to cause polarization in.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.