8-letter words containing o, u, r, l
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- pliosaur — a large dinosaur with a short neck
- polluter — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- porously — full of pores.
- 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.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pourable — able to be poured
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- preludio — a musical prelude
- premould — to mould in advance
- premoult — occurring in the period before an animal moults
- prologue — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
- promulge — to promulgate.
- proudful — proud; full of pride.
- pull for — favour, support
- pullover — Also called slipover. a garment, especially a sweater, that must be drawn over the head to be put on.
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- puruloid — resembling pus.
- r-colour — an (r) quality imparted to certain vowels, usually by retroflexion
- ramulose — having many small branches.
- recolour — to give a new colour to
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- redouble — to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- reel out — to unwind from a reel
- replough — to plough again
- resolute — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- revolute — rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
- rio azul — an archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, where a 1500-year-old painted Mayan tomb was discovered intact in 1984.
- risoluto — to be played firmly and decisively
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- roll out — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- roseslug — any of various types of pest that feed on roses
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- roughleg — any of several kinds of large hawk with feathered legs
- rouleaux — a roll or strip of something, as trimming on a hat brim.
- roulette — a game of chance played at a table marked off with numbers from 1 to 36, one or two zeros, and several other sections affording the players a variety of betting opportunities, and having in the center a revolving, dishlike device (roulette wheel) into which a small ball is spun to come to rest finally in one of the 37 or 38 compartments, indicating the winning number and its characteristics, as odd or even, red or black, and between 1 and 18 or 19 and 36.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.
- rudolf i — 1218–91, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1273–91: founder of the Hapsburg dynasty.
- rugulose — finely rugose; having many small wrinkles.
- rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- rumbelow — a nonsense word used in the refrain of certain sea shanties
- ryeflour — a flour made from rye
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.