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8-letter words containing p, l, e, o, n

  • penelope — Classical Mythology. the wife of Odysseus, who remained faithful to him during his long absence at Troy.
  • penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
  • penoncel — pencel.
  • pentanol — any of various colourless, odoriferous isomers of C5H11OH
  • 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
  • peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
  • personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
  • 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.
  • phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
  • 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.
  • pin-hole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
  • pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
  • plectron — plectrum.
  • pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
  • pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
  • pleuston — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
  • 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.
  • plotline — The plotline of a book, film, or play is its plot and the way in which it develops.
  • plus-one — a person who accompanies an invited person to a social function
  • poll end — the hub holding the sail arms of a windmill.
  • polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
  • polyenic — relating to a polyene
  • polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
  • polypine — relating to polyps
  • polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
  • polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
  • polyteny — the condition of being polytene
  • polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
  • poncelet — Jean Victor [zhahn veek-tawr] /ʒɑ̃ vikˈtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1788–1867, French mathematician.
  • ponderal — relating to weight
  • ponselle — Rosa (Melba) 1897–1981, U.S. soprano.
  • 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
  • potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
  • poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
  • poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
  • prolonge — a rope having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, used for various purposes, as to draw a gun carriage.
  • propenol — an organic compound used to make allyl alcohol
  • propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
  • 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.
  • replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
  • splendor — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
  • sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
  • ternopol — a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
  • tholepin — thole1
  • topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.
  • towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
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