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8-letter words containing p, a, r, o

  • macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
  • maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
  • malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
  • malaprop — Mrs. a character in Sheridan's The Rivals (1775), noted for her misapplication of words.
  • manpower — power in terms of people available or required for work or military service: the manpower of a country.
  • maricopa — a member of a North American Indian people of south-central Arizona.
  • mariposa — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
  • mariupol — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
  • marsport — a spoilsport
  • megacorp — (informal) A very large corporation; megacorporation.
  • mercapto — containing the mercapto group; sulfhydryl; thiol.
  • mesocarp — the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.
  • metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • microamp — One millionth ( 10-6 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as \u00b5A.
  • microcap — (US, finance) The stock of a public company with a market capitalization of roughly $300 million or less.
  • micropia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
  • moldwarp — the common European mole, Talpa europaea.
  • momparas — Plural form of mompara.
  • monocarp — a plant that dies after having once borne fruit.
  • mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
  • myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
  • myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
  • namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
  • nanopore — A pore, of nanometre dimensions, in a membrane.
  • napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
  • naproxen — a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory substance, C 1 4 H 1 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the management of certain types of arthritis and as a painkiller.
  • nonparty — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
  • nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
  • nonpolar — containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
  • norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
  • oak park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • odograph — a recording odometer.
  • off-ramp — an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
  • oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
  • oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
  • on paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
  • open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
  • open-air — existing in, taking place in, or characteristic of the open air; outdoor: The orchestra gave three open-air concerts last summer.
  • operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
  • operands — Plural form of operand.
  • operants — Plural form of operant.
  • operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • operates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of operate.
  • operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
  • operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
  • opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
  • operetta — a short opera, usually of a light and amusing character.
  • optogram — (physiology) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple.
  • orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
  • outcaper — to exceed in capering
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