8-letter words containing p, a, e, o
- compares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compare.
- compleat — an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- conepati — hog-nosed skunk (def 2).
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- coparent — a fellow parent
- copemate — a partner, comrade, paramour, or spouse
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- coppelia — a ballet (1870) by Délibes.
- copperah — copra.
- copperas — ferrous sulfate
- copremia — poisoning due to the presence of fecal matter in the blood.
- copulate — If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate.
- copyable — able to be copied
- copyread — to subedit
- croupade — a type of horse leap in which the hind legs are drawn towards the belly
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- de plano — without argument.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- despotat — the dominion of a despot
- diaphone — the set of all realizations of a given phoneme in a language
- diascope — an optical projector used to display transparencies
- diaspore — a white, yellowish, or grey mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form, found in bauxite and corundum. Formula: AlO(OH)
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- dognaper — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
- dopamine — Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.
- dopehead — a drug addict.
- dragrope — a rope for dragging something, as a piece of artillery.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- earphone — a sound receiver that fits in or over the ear, as of a radio or telephone.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- endocarp — The innermost layer of the pericarp that surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
- epagogic — relating to inductive reasoning
- epanodos — a return to main theme after a digression
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- epiphora — Excessive watering of the eye.
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escapado — an escaped criminal
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.