8-letter words containing o, l, g
- podology — the study of the feet
- polglish — informal Polish containing a high proportion of words of English origin
- policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- polliwog — a tadpole.
- pollywog — a tadpole.
- poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polygala — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polyglot — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polygyny — the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- portugal — a republic in SW Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, W of Spain. (Including the Azores and the Madeira Islands) 35,414 sq. mi. (91,720 sq. km). Capital: Lisbon.
- posingly — in a posing manner
- posology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.
- prodigal — wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
- prolog-2 — An implementation of Edinburgh Prolog by Nick Henfrey, ESL.
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- 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.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- protolog — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- prowling — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- ps-algol — Persistent ALGOL. ca 1981, released 1985. A derivative of S-ALGOL. Database capability derived from the longevity of data. "The PS- Algol Reference Manual", TR PPR-12-85, CS Dept, U Glasgow 1985. IBM PC version available from CS Dept, U Strathclyde, Glasgow.
- pyrology — the study of fire or heat, esp the branch of chemistry concerned with the use and properties of fire
- qianlong — Ch'ien Lung.
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- rag doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- rag-doll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- 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.
- replough — to plough again
- rheology — the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
- rockling — any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- roll bag — a small zippered duffel bag for carrying school supplies, sports gear, or the like.
- roseslug — any of various types of pest that feed on roses
- roughleg — any of several kinds of large hawk with feathered legs
- rovingly — in a roving manner
- roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- sangallo — Antonio Picconi da [ahn-taw-nyaw peek-kaw-nee dah] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ pikˈkɔ ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cordiani) 1484?–1546, Italian architect and engineer.
- scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.