8-letter words containing p, e
- optotype — type used on an eye chart.
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
- opuscule — a small or minor work.
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- orpiment — a mineral, arsenic trisulfide, As 2 S 3 , found usually in soft, yellow, foliated masses, used as a pigment.
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- otoscope — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- outcaper — to exceed in capering
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outpaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpace.
- outplace — to provide outplacement for.
- outpower — to have more power than or defeat by power
- outpreen — to exceed in preening
- outpress — to press out
- outprice — To sell at a lower price than (another seller).
- outprize — to prize more highly than or beyond the proper value of
- outsleep — to sleep through or later than (a specified time).
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outspeed — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- outspell — to surpass at spelling
- outspend — to outdo in spending; spend more than: They seemed determined to outspend their neighbors.
- outspent — worn-out; exhausted.
- outspoke — Simple past form of outspeak.
- outsweep — an outward movement of arms in swimming breaststroke
- outswept — curving outwards
- overcrop — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- overheap — to supply too much
- overhope — excessive hope
- overhype — to promote excessively
- overjump — to jump too far over
- overkeep — to keep too long
- 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.
- overpeer — to tower over
- overpert — too insolent
- 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.
- overplot — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- overplus — an excess over a particular amount; surplus: After the harvest the overplus was distributed among the tenantry.
- overpost — to hurry over
- overpump — to pump too much so as to deplete
- overripe — too ripe; more than ripe: overripe tomatoes.