8-letter words containing p, a, n, o
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- powhatan — a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- pozzolan — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profaner — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- prolamin — any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.
- pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- pronotal — relating to an insect's pronotum
- propanil — a postemergence herbicide, C 9 H 9 Cl 2 NO, used for weed control on potatoes, rice, and other crop plants.
- propanol — a colourless alcohol
- proppant — (in oil extraction) a material used in hydraulic rock fracturing in order to keep the fissures open and thereby aid extraction
- proseman — a writer of prose
- proturan — a proturan insect; telsontail.
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- ptomaine — any of a class of foul-smelling nitrogenous substances produced by bacteria during putrefaction of animal or plant protein: formerly thought to be toxic.
- pupation — to become a pupa.
- puzzolan — pozzolana.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sandsoap — a gritty general-purpose soap
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- snap-off — fastening or closing with a click or snap, as a device fitted with a spring catch: a snap lock.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snow pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum macrocarpon, having thin, flat, edible pods that are used in cookery.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- soapland — a Japanese bathhouse and brothel
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- spadroon — a type of sword
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- stamp on — tread heavily on
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.