8-letter words containing o, i, l, p
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lipoidal — resembling fat; fatty
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- liposome — Cell Biology. a microscopic artificial sac composed of fatty substances and used in experimental research of the cell.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- lispound — a unit of weight, formerly used in Orkney, Shetland, and Baltic trade, varying from 12 to 34 pounds (5.4 to 15.4kg approx)
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lockpick — a device that enables a burglar to open a lock.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- log ship — log chip.
- lollipop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- long pig — (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- low-paid — job: poorly remunerated
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milksops — Plural form of milksop.
- millpond — a pond for supplying water to drive a mill wheel.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
- myophily — pollination of plants by flies
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- objvlisp — 1984. An object-oriented extension of Vlisp. Reflective architecture.
- oil lamp — lamp that burns fuel
- oil palm — an African feather palm, Elaeis guineensis, the fruits of which yield palm oil.
- oil pump — An oil pump is a pump that sends lubricating oil under pressure to the bearings and other lubricated surfaces of an engine.
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oilproof — resistant to oil
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- opalized — made into an opal
- openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- oppilant — blocking, hindering, or obstructing