8-letter words containing o, p
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- attercop — a spider
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autoharp — a zither-like musical instrument used in country-and-western music, equipped with button-controlled dampers that can prevent selected strings from sounding, thus allowing chords to be played. It is plucked with the fingers or a plectrum
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- autopass — (programming)
- autopsic — relating to autopsy
- autoptic — relating to or belonging to personal observation
- autostop — Hitchhiking.
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- autotypy — (dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
- axoplasm — the fluid substance found in the axon of a neuron which surrounds the fibrils
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backport — (software) To make a feature from a later version of a piece of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully.
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- bakeshop — Also called bakeshop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/ (Show IPA). a baker's shop.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- bean pot — a heavy, covered crockery or metal pot, suitable for the slow cooking of beans, stews, etc.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
- beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
- bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- bepommel — to beat vigorously
- bepowder — to cover with powder
- bespoken — a past participle of bespeak.
- bespouse — to marry
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- block up — If you block something up or if it blocks up, it is blocked completely so that nothing can get through it.
- blogpost — A blogpost is a piece of writing that forms part of a regular blog.
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- blown-up — (of a picture, photograph, image, etc.) enlarged.
- blowpipe — a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- bogomips — (unit) (From "bogus", "MIPS") The timing unit of the Linux kernel. A BogoMips is an unscientific measurement of processor speed made by the Linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop.
- boltrope — a rope sewn to the foot or luff of a sail to strengthen it