8-letter words containing o, i, l, e
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polemize — polemicize.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- 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.
- politely — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- politest — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polities — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypine — relating to polyps
- poolside — the lounging area around a swimming pool.
- popelike — resembling a pope
- popeline — a fabric, resembling broadcloth, rep, or poplin and made with silk or rayon warp and wool filling, used in the manufacture of dress goods.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- popsicle — ice lolly
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poultice — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- pro-life — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- proemial — an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
- profiled — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profiler — any of several types of machine tools for reproducing shapes in metal or other materials from a master form.
- prolifer — opposed to legalized abortion; right-to-life.
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- reboiler — A reboiler is a stage in distillation when a liquid is heated again to make some of it become a vapor.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- reinhold — a male given name.
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- religio- — religion, religious, religion and
- religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- retailor — to make (clothing) suitable for a new person or purpose by changing the details
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- riopelle — Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1923–2002, Canadian painter, in France from 1946.
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.