8-letter words containing p, i, l, o, n
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- pangolin — any mammal of the order Pholidota, of Africa and tropical Asia, having a covering of broad, overlapping, horny scales and feeding on ants and termites.
- papillon — one of a breed of toy spaniels having a long, silky coat and large, erect ears held so that they resemble the wings of a butterfly.
- pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
- pavilion — a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits, etc., as in a park or fair.
- pavillon — the bell of a wind instrument.
- pemoline — a synthetic, weak, central nervous system stimulant, C 9 H 8 N 2 O 2 , with sympathomimetic activity, used as an adjunct in the management of hyperkinetic behavior disorders.
- peopling — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- phenolic — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- picoline — any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine having the formula C 6 H 7 N, obtained from coal tar as a colorless oily liquid with a strong odor.
- pignolia — a pine nut, the edible seed of the nut pine
- pignolis — pine nut (def 1).
- pilipino — a language essentially the same as Tagalog that has been adopted as the official national language of the Philippines.
- piloting — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- pilotman — a railway worker who directed trains through hazardous stretches of track
- piloxing — a system of exercise combining elements of Pilates and boxing
- pin-hole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pindolol — a synthetic beta blocker, C 1 4 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used in the management of hypertension.
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- platino- — of, relating to, containing, or resembling platinum
- platonic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- pliocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 10 to 2 million years ago, and characterized by increased size and numbers of mammals, by the growth of mountains, and by global climatic cooling.
- pliotron — any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
- plodding — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plonking — foolish, clumsy, or inept
- plopping — to make a sound like that of something falling or dropping into water: A frog plopped into the pond.
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plotline — The plotline of a book, film, or play is its plot and the way in which it develops.
- plotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- plutonic — noting or pertaining to a class of igneous rocks that have solidified far below the earth's surface.
- polabian — a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polignac — Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne
- politian — (Angelo Poliziano) 1454–94, Italian classical scholar, teacher, and poet.
- polonism — a Polish characteristic or sense of identity
- polonium — a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polypine — relating to polyps
- ponytail — an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely.
- popeline — a fabric, resembling broadcloth, rep, or poplin and made with silk or rayon warp and wool filling, used in the manufacture of dress goods.
- popeling — a deputy or supporter of the Pope
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- posingly — in a posing manner
- poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
- poyntill — pointel.