8-letter words containing p, a, r, o
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- overheap — to supply too much
- overleap — to leap over or across: to overleap a fence.
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overpaid — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overpark — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- overpart — to give (an actor) too difficult a role
- overpass — a road, pedestrian walkway, railroad, bridge, etc., crossing over some barrier, as another road or walkway.
- overplan — to plan excessively
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overwrap — to cover with a wrapping
- pair off — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- pair-oar — a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palpator — a type of beetle with long maxillary appendages
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- panorama — an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions.
- paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- paradiso — heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- paradrop — airdrop.
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- paraform — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- paragoge — the addition of a sound or group of sounds at the end of a word, as in the nonstandard pronunciation of height as height-th or once as once-t.
- paraison — parison.
- paralogy — false reasoning
- paramour — an illicit lover, especially of a married person.
- paranoea — Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- paranoia — Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
- paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
- parazoan — any member of a group of invertebrates comprising the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
- parazoon — an animal parasite
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parcours — parcourse.
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- parochin — a parish
- parodied — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- paroemia — a proverb; an axiom
- paronymy — a play on words
- paroquet — parakeet.
- parosmia — a disorder of the sense of smell, especially the perception of odors that are not present.
- parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
- parousia — advent (def 4).
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.