8-letter words containing o, p
- alphonso — a masculine name
- alphorns — Plural form of alphorn.
- alphosis — absence of skin pigmentation, as in albinism
- amblyope — A person afflicted with amblyopia.
- amblyopy — Dated form of amblyopia.
- amblypod — one of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Pantodonta, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a massive body and short legs.
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amphipod — any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca
- amphorae — a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
- amphoral — relating to or resembling an amphora
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
- andropov — Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)
- anglepod — an American wild flowering plant with angular pods, belonging to the milkweed family
- anoopsia — a form of squint in which the eye turns upwards
- anoscope — proctoscope.
- antelope — An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
- anthrop. — anthropological
- antiphon — a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
- antipode — the exact or direct opposite
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antipope — a rival pope elected in opposition to one who has been canonically chosen
- antiporn — opposed to pornography
- apagogic — relating to apagoge
- apaporis — a river in S central Colombia, in the Amazon system, flowing SE to the Japurá River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- apholate — a chemical used in pesticides which inhibits an organism's reproduction
- aphonous — without voice; voiceless
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aphorize — to write or speak in aphorisms
- aphthous — Of, or relating to aphtha.
- apikoros — A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
- apiology — the scientific study of bees
- apoapsis — the point in an elliptical orbit which is farthest from the object being orbited
- apocarpy — the quality of being apocarpous
- apocopic — of or relating to apocope
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- apodoses — Plural form of apodosis.
- apodosis — the consequent of a conditional statement, as the game will be cancelled in if it rains the game will be cancelled
- apofocus — Apocenter.
- apogamic — Of or relating to apogamy.
- apograph — a perfect copy or transcript